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So take care of yours—eat wholesome food that includes sufficient iodine, try to avoid chronic stress, and do your best to maintain overall health [Footnotes] While an underactive thyroid may complicate a pregnancy, most women with thyroid disease give birth to a healthy baby However, it is extremely important that the mother receive hormone replacement therapy, for initially she is the only source of thyroid hormone for her unborn child T3 is triiodothyronine and T4, thyroxine. Keeping Other Areas Safe In the other of the house or apartment, the heater is probably the biggest culprit in starting home fires Whether you have central or room heat, care must be given to keeping the heater in good repair, and caution must be exercised in its use Do you have the furnace—also flue pipes, chimneys, and around the furnace—checked and cleaned regularly by a qualified repairman? Room heaters are especially dangerous because they often have an open flame and must have adequate clearance from walls and combustible materials Position of the heater is important because it may be easily bumped or turned over.
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