ENDOCRINE DISORDERS IN THE BODY

The Endocrine Disorders

The endocrine system is a network of glands that produce and release hormones that help control many important body functions, including the body's ability to change calories into energy that powers cells and organs. The endocrine system influences how your heart beats, how your bones and tissues grow, even your ability to make a baby. It plays a vital role to develop diabetes, thyroid disease, growth disorders, sexual dysfunction, and a host of other hormone-related disorders.

Endocrine System Glands

Each gland of the endocrine system releases specific hormones into your bloodstream. These hormones travel through your blood to other cells and help control or coordinate many body processes.

Endocrine glands in the Body

Adrenal glands: Two glands that sit on top of the kidneys that release the hormone cortisol.

Hypothalamus: A part of the lower middle brain that tells the pituitary gland when to release hormones.

Ovaries: The female reproductive organs that release eggs and produce sex hormones.

Islet cells in the pancreas: Cells in the pancreas control the release of the hormone’s insulin and glucagon.

Parathyroid: Four tiny glands in the neck that play a role in bone development.

Pineal gland: A gland found near the center of the brain that may be linked to sleep patterns.

Pituitary gland: A gland found at the base of brain behind the sinuses. It is often called the "master gland" because it influences many other glands, especially the thyroid. Problems with the pituitary gland can affect bone growth, a woman's menstrual cycles, and the release of breast milk.

Testes: The male reproductive glands that produce sperm and sex hormones.

Thymus: A gland in the upper chest that helps develop the body's immune system early in life.

Thyroid: A butterfly-shaped gland in the front of the neck that controls metabolism.

Even the slightest hiccup with the function of one or more of these glands can throw off the delicate balance of hormones in your body and lead to an endocrine disorder, or endocrine disease.

Causes of Endocrine Disorders

Endocrine disorders are typically grouped into two categories:

1 . Endocrine disease that results when a gland produces too much or too little of an endocrine hormone, called a hormone imbalance.

2 . Endocrine disease due to the development of lesions (such as nodules or tumors) in the endocrine system, which may or may not affect hormone levels.

Endocrine Disorders in the Body

ACROMEGALY
ADDISON'S DISEASE
ADRENAL CANCER
ADRENAL DISORDERS
ANAPLASTIC THYROID CANCER
CUSHING'S SYNDROME
DE QUERVAIN'S THYROIDITIS
DIABETES
FOLLICULAR THYROID CANCER
GESTATIONAL DIABETES
GOITERS
GRAVES' DISEASE
GROWTH DISORDERS
GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY
HASHIMOTO'S THYROIDITIS
HEART DISEASE
HURTHLE CELL THYROID CANCER
HYPERGLYCEMIA
HYPERPARATHYROIDISM
HYPERTHYROIDISM
HYPOGLYCEMIA
HYPOPARATHYROIDISM
HYPOTHYROIDISM
LOW TESTOSTERONE
MEDULLARY THYROID CANCER
MEN 1
MEN 2A
MEN 2B
MENOPAUSE
METABOLIC SYNDROME
OBESITY
OSTEOPOROSIS
PAPILLARY THYROID CANCER
PARATHYROID DISEASES
PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA
PITUITARY DISORDERS
PITUITARY TUMORS
POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME
PREDIABETES
REPRODUCTION
SILENT THYROIDITIS
THYROID CANCER
THYROID DISEASES
THYROID NODULES
THYROIDITIS
TURNER SYNDROME

DIABETES TYPE 1
DIABETES TYPE 2