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Gland disorders


Experimental visualization of narrower problems
Other Names:
Hormonal disorders
Glandular disorder
Endocrine deficiency
Diseases of the endocrine glands
Hormone disturbance disorders
Disease due to hormone deficiency
Nature:
Endocrine gland disorders are most often the result of a gland producing too much or too little hormone.
Broader Problems:
Diseases of metabolism
Human disease and disability
Narrower Problems:
Diabetes
Fistulas
Sialadenitis
Ovarian cysts
Female sterility
Thyroid disorders
Diseases of the ovary
Testicular dysfunction
Diseases of thymus gland
Pituitary gland disorders
Parathyroid gland disorders
Cancer of the endocrine glands
Dysfunction of the adrenal glands
Benign neoplasm of endocrine glands
Polyglandular endocrine dysfunction
Illness requiring hormone replacement therapy
Polyendocrinopathy-candidiasis-ectodermal dystrophy
Related Problems:
Childhood trauma
Aggravates:
Obesity
Hypertension
Nutritional anaemias
Overuse of hormone replacement therapy
Strategies:
Linking environmental hazards to endocrine disruption
Studying disease due to hormone deficiency
Correcting glandular disorder
Values:
Order
Deficiency
Disease
Disorder
Disturbance
References:
Mendelsohn, Geoffrey, et al: Diagnosis and Pathology of Endocrine Diseases
Shah, Nandkumar S and Donald, Alexander G: Psychoneuroendocrine Dysfunction
Problem Type:
D: Detailed problems
Subject(s):
Biochemicals
Pathology
Glandular system
Deprivation
Date of last update
15.06.2018 – 22:51 CEST

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