呆小病,亦名克丁病,西医认为是人体甲状腺素合成分泌或生理效应不足所致小儿体格和智力发育障碍的疾病,与严重地方性缺碘有直接关系,即与瘿瘤的发病地区一致。呆小病在祖国医学来说是属于痴呆病范畴。对于瘿瘤祖国医学早有较系统而全面的论述,就其病因、病机、治疗、预防己自成体系。如隋代巢元方等《诸病源候 Staying ill, also known as kelding, is considered to be a disorder of physical and mental development in children due to insufficient synthesis or secretion of thyroid hormone or physiological effects in humans. It is directly related to severe local iodine deficiency. Consistent. Staying ill in the motherland medicine belongs to the category of dementia. For a systematic and comprehensive exposition of the tumor-fighting motherland medicine, its etiology, pathogenesis, treatment, and prevention have become self-contained. Ruyuan Dai Yuanfang et al.