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Growth Hormone Disorders
- Underproduction or Tissue Insensitivity: Pitutary Growth failure
- S/S: Retaded growthm abnormal fat distebution, low blood glucoe hours after a meal
- Overproduction or Tissue Hypersensitivty: Gigantism, Acromegaly
- S/S: Excessive growth
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Antidiuretic Hormone/Arginine Vasopressin disorders
- Underproduction or Tissue Insensitivity: Diabetes insipidus
- S/S: Polyuria, dehydration, hyperdipsia
- Overproduction or Tissue Hypersensitivty: SIADH( syndrome of inapproprate ADH secretion)
- S/S: Increased body weight and water content
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Thyroid Hormone disorders
- Underproduction or Tissue Insensitivity:Myxedema, Cretinism
- S/S: Low metabolic rate; low body temperature; impaired physical and mental development
- Overproduction or Tissue Hypersensitivty: Hyperthyroidism, Graves diease
- S/S: High meabolic rate and body temperature
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Parathyroid Hormone disorders
- Underproduction or Tissue Insensitivity: Hypoparathyroidism
- S/S: Muscular weaknessm neurological problems, formation of dense bones, tetany due to low blood Ca2+ concentrations
- Overproduction or Tissue Hypersensitivty: Hyperparathyroidism
- S/S: Neurological, mental, muscular problems due to high blood Ca2+ concentrations weal and brittle bones
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Insulin Hormone disorders
- Underproduction or Tissue Insensitivity: Diabetes mellitus (type 1)
- S/S: High blood glucose, impaired glucose utilization, dependence on lipids for energy; glycouria
- Overproduction or Tissue Hypersensitivty: Excess insulin production or adminstration
- S/S: Low blood glucose levels, possibly causing coma
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Mineralocorticoid Hormone disorders
- Underproduction or Tissue Insensitivity: Hypoaldosteronism
- S/S: Polyuria, low blood volume, high blood K+, low blood Na+ concentrations
- Overproduction or Tissue Hypersensitivty: Aldosteronism
- S/S: Increased body weight due to Na+ and water retention; low blood K+ concentration
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Glucocorticoid Hormone disorders
- Underproduction or Tissue Insensitivity: Addisons disease
- S/S: Inability to tolerate stress, moblilize energy reserves, or maintain normal blood glucose concentrations
- Overproduction or Tissue Hypersensitivity: Cushing disease
- S/S: Excessive breakdown of tissue proteins and lipid reserves; impaired glucose metabolism
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Epinephrine/Norepinephrine Hormone disorders
- Underproduction or Tissue Insensitivity: None Identified
- S/S: N/A
- Overproduction or Tissue Hypersensitivity: Pheochromocytoma
- S/S: High metabolic rate, body tempeture, heart rate; elevated blood glucose levels
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Estrogen Hormone disorders (females)
- Underproduction or Tissue Insensitivity: Hypogonadism
- S/S: Sterility, lack of secondary sex characteristics
- Overproduction or Tissue Hypersensitivity: Adrenogential Syndrome
- S/S: Overproduction of androgens by zona reticularis of suprarenal cortex leads to
- masculinization
- Overproduction or Tissue Hypersensitivity: Precocious puberty
- S/S: Premature sexual maturation and related behavioral changes
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Androgen Hormone disorders (males)
- Underproduction or Tissue Insensitivity: Hypogonadism
- S/S: Sterility, lack of secondary sex characteristics
- Overproduction or Tissue Hypersensitivity: Adrenogenital syndrome (gynecomastia)
- S/S: Abnormal production of estrogen, sometimes due to surprenal or interstetial cell tumors; leads to breast enlargement
- Overproduction or Tissue Hypersensitivity: Precocious puberty
- S/S: Premature sexual maturation and related behavioral changes
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