在伊朗偏僻的农村,曾发现有些儿童发育迟缓长大成人之后,多数人身高不超过一米二,丧失了劳动能力,人们称之为伊朗乡村病,医生长时间找不到病因,无法治疗,给人们带来了极大痛苦。直1961年伊朗医生柴赛德发现,人如果缺锌,会生病,特别会影响儿童生长发育。于是柴赛德开始让患伊朗乡村病的儿童服用硫酸锌口服液并食用含锌量高的食物,结果取得了良好效果,使患伊朗乡村病的人数明显减少。 In remote rural areas of Iran, some children have been found to be stunted and grown up. Most people are no more than one meter tall and have lost their ability to work. People call it Iranian village disease. Doctors cannot find a cause for a long time and cannot be treated. It has brought great pain to people. In 1961, Dr. Chaiside, an Iranian doctor, discovered that if people lack zinc, they will get sick, especially affecting children’s growth and development. Thus, Chaeside started to take zinc-sugar oral fluid and eat high-zinc foods for children suffering from illness in Iranian countryside. The result was good, and the number of people suffering from rural diseases in Iran was significantly reduced.