Endocrine disorders

• Type 1 diabetes: deficit in beta cells, resulting in insufficient secretion of insulin
• Type 2 diabetes: decreased insulin production, or ineffective use of insulin
• Diabetes Mellitus: A disease in which the body is unable to produce enough insulin or is unable to use insulin properly
• Gestational Diabetes: cells are resistant to insulin
• Goiter: low iodine levels which means low thyroxin, which results in enlarged thyroid gland
• Graves disease: high thyroxine levels in the blood which results in an increased metabolic rate
• Cretinism: A condition characterized by a lack of intellectual development and a lack of motor skills
• Diabetes Insipidus: A condition in which the body does not produce enough antidiuretic hormone and a large volume of urine is produced per day
• Giantism: abnormally large size of bones and muscles.
• Myexdema: low thyroxine levels in blood which results in a low metabolic rate
• Dwarfism: insufficient production of hGH

  • Lorraine Dwarf: delayed sexual and skeletal development, normal intelligence and body proportions
  • Frohlich's dwarf: obesity, slow sexual development, low mental abilities
• Acromegaly: excess production of hGH after puberty

  • thick bones, increased size of hands and feet