Quick Facts: Hormonal and Metabolic Disorders

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Diabetes Mellitus (DM) and Disorders of Blood Sugar Metabolism

• Diabetes
  • What is diabetes?
    • What is blood sugar?
    • How does my body control blood sugar?
  • What causes diabetes?
  • What are the symptoms of diabetes?
  • What are the complications of diabetes?
  • How can doctors tell if I have diabetes?
  • How do doctors treat diabetes?
    • What should I eat?
    • How active should I be?
    • Should I lose weight?
    • Why should I check my own blood sugar?
    • Do I need medicine?
  • Where can I get more information about diabetes?

• Complications of Diabetes
  • What are complications of diabetes?
  • What causes diabetes complications?
  • What types of complications happen with diabetes?
  • How do doctors prevent complications from diabetes?
    • How do I keep my blood sugar under control?
    • How do doctors check for complications of diabetes?
    • How can I prevent complications of diabetes?
    • Hypoglycemia

• Medication Treatment of Diabetes
  • Why do people with diabetes need medicines?
  • What is insulin?
    • Do I have to take insulin?
    • What types of insulin can I use?
    • How do I take insulin?
    • What problems can insulin cause?
  • What other medicines are used to treat diabetes?

• Alcoholic Ketoacidosis
  • What is alcoholic ketoacidosis?
  • What causes alcoholic ketoacidosis?
  • What are the symptoms of alcoholic ketoacidosis?
  • How can doctors tell if I have alcoholic ketoacidosis?
  • How do doctors treat alcoholic ketoacidosis?

• Diabetic Ketoacidosis
  • What is diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA)?
  • What causes DKA?
  • What are the symptoms of DKA?
  • How can doctors tell if I have DKA?
  • How do doctors treat DKA?

• Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic State
  • What is hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state (HHS)?
  • What causes HHS?
  • What are the symptoms of HHS?
  • How can doctors tell if I have HHS?
  • How do doctors treat HHS?

• Hypoglycemia
  • What is hypoglycemia?
  • What causes hypoglycemia?
  • What are the symptoms of hypoglycemia?
  • How can doctors tell if I have hypoglycemia?
  • How do doctors treat hypoglycemia?

Electrolyte Balance

• Overview of Electrolytes
  • What are electrolytes?
  • What causes an electrolyte problem?
  • What are the symptoms of an electrolyte problem?
  • How do doctors know if I have an electrolyte problem?
  • How do doctors treat an electrolyte problem?

Cholesterol Disorders

• High Cholesterol
  • What is cholesterol?
    • Where does cholesterol come from?
    • What are the different types of cholesterol?
  • Is high cholesterol bad?
  • What causes high cholesterol?
  • What are the symptoms of high cholesterol?
  • How can doctors tell if I have high cholesterol?
  • How do doctors treat high cholesterol?

Water Balance

• About Body Water
  • How does your body balance the amount of water?
    • What can throw off my body's water balance?

• Dehydration
  • What is dehydration?
  • What causes dehydration?
  • What are the symptoms of dehydration?
  • How do doctors tell if I am dehydrated?
  • How do doctors treat dehydration?
  • How can I prevent dehydration?

• Overhydration
  • What is overhydration?
  • What causes overhydration?
  • What are the symptoms of overhydration?
  • How can doctors tell if I have overhydration?
  • How do doctors treat overhydration?

Thyroid Gland Disorders

• Overview of the Thyroid Gland
  • What is the thyroid gland?
  • What are thyroid hormones?
    • What controls thyroid hormones?
  • How do doctors test your thyroid gland?

• Hyperthyroidism
  • What is hyperthyroidism?
  • What causes hyperthyroidism?
  • What are the symptoms of hyperthyroidism?
    • Thyroid storm
  • How can doctors tell if I have hyperthyroidism?
  • How do doctors treat hyperthyroidism?

• Hypothyroidism
  • What is hypothyroidism?
  • What causes hypothyroidism?
    • Who can get hypothyroidism?
  • What are the symptoms of hypothyroidism?
  • How can doctors tell if I have hypothyroidism?
  • How do doctors treat hypothyroidism?

• Hashimoto Thyroiditis
  • What is Hashimoto thyroiditis?
  • What causes Hashimoto thyroiditis?
  • What are the symptoms of Hashimoto thyroiditis?
  • How can doctors tell if I have Hashimoto thyroiditis?
  • How do doctors treat Hashimoto thyroiditis?

• Thyroid Cancer
  • What is thyroid cancer?
    • What are the types of thyroid cancer?
  • What causes thyroid cancer?
  • What are the symptoms of thyroid cancer?
  • How can doctors tell if I have thyroid cancer?
  • How do doctors treat thyroid cancer?

Adrenal Gland Disorders

• Overview of the Adrenal Glands
  • What are the adrenal glands (adrenals)?
    • What controls adrenal gland hormones?
  • What problems can affect my adrenal glands?

• Addison Disease
  • What is Addison disease?
  • What causes Addison disease?
  • What are the symptoms of Addison disease?
    • What's an adrenal crisis?
  • How do doctors tell if I have Addison disease?
  • How do doctors treat Addison disease?

• Cushing Syndrome
  • What is Cushing syndrome?
  • What causes Cushing syndrome?
  • What is Cushing disease?
  • What are the symptoms of Cushing syndrome?
  • How do doctors tell if I have Cushing syndrome?
  • How do doctors treat Cushing syndrome?

• Hyperaldosteronism
  • What is hyperaldosteronism?
  • What causes hyperaldosteronism?
  • What are the symptoms of hyperaldosteronism?
  • How do doctors tell if I have hyperaldosteronism?
  • How do doctors treat hyperaldosteronism?

• Nonfunctional Adrenal Masses
  • What are nonfunctional adrenal masses?
  • What causes nonfunctional adrenal masses?
  • What are the symptoms of a nonfunctional adrenal mass?
  • How can doctors tell if I have a nonfunctional adrenal mass?
  • How do doctors treat a nonfunctional adrenal mass?

• Pheochromocytoma
  • What is a pheochromocytoma?
  • What causes a pheochromocytoma?
  • What are the symptoms of a pheochromocytoma?
  • How can doctors tell if I have a pheochromocytoma?
  • How do doctors treat a pheochromocytoma?

• Virilization
  • What is virilization?
  • What causes virilization?
  • What are the symptoms of virilization?
  • How do doctors tell if I have virilization?
  • How do doctors treat virilization?

Pituitary Gland Disorders

• Overview of the Pituitary Gland
  • What is the pituitary gland?
  • What are pituitary hormones?
  • What happens if your pituitary gland doesn't work right?
  • What causes problems with the pituitary gland?
  • How can doctors tell if I have pituitary gland problems?
  • How do doctors treat pituitary gland problems?

• Central Diabetes Insipidus
  • What is central diabetes insipidus?
  • What causes central diabetes insipidus?
  • What are the symptoms of central diabetes insipidus?
  • How can doctors tell if I have central diabetes insipidus?
  • How do doctors treat central diabetes insipidus?

• Enlargement of the Pituitary Gland
  • What is enlargement of the pituitary gland?
  • What causes enlargement of the pituitary gland?
  • What are the symptoms of an enlarged pituitary gland?
  • How can doctors tell if my pituitary gland is enlarged?
  • How do doctors treat an enlarged pituitary gland?

• Galactorrhea
  • What is galactorrhea?
  • What causes galactorrhea?
  • What are the symptoms of galactorrhea?
  • How can doctors tell if I have galactorrhea?
  • How do doctors treat galactorrhea?

• Gigantism and Acromegaly
  • What are gigantism and acromegaly?
  • What causes gigantism and acromegaly?
  • What are the symptoms of gigantism?
  • What are the symptoms of acromegaly?
  • What problems do gigantism and acromegaly cause?
  • How can doctors tell if a person has gigantism or acromegaly?
  • How do doctors treat gigantism and acromegaly?

• Hypopituitarism
  • What is hypopituitarism?
  • What causes hypopituitarism?
  • What are the symptoms of hypopituitarism?
  • How can doctors tell if I have hypopituitarism?
  • How do doctors treat hypopituitarism?