Glossary for Endocrine disorders

• Acromegaly: A hormonal disorder involving excess growth hormone production by the pituitary gland.
• Adrenal disorders: Disorders affecting the adrenal glands
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Severe chronic fatigue disorder often following infection.
• Cushing's disease: A condition of hyperadrenocorticism which is secondary to excessive pituitary secretion of ACTH
• Diabetes: Failing or reduced ability of the body to handle sugars.
• Endocrine pancreatic cancer: Any disease that affects the endocrine pancreas
• Endocrine system cancer: Cancer that affects any gland in the endocrine system
• Gastroparesis: Slow stomach emptying from stomach nerve damage
• Hyperthyroidism: Too much thyroid hormone production.
• Hypothyroidism: Too little thyroid hormone production.
• Kearns-Sayre Syndrome: A rare neuromuscular disorder characterized by pigmented deposits on the retina, heart disease and progressive paralysis of some eye muscles.
• Myositis: One of the underlying causes for muscle weakness/myopathy.
• Obal syndrome: The association of eye problems with severe malnutrition. The condition occurred frequently in soldiers, prisoners of war and people in concentration camps.
• Pancreas conditions: Any condition that affects the pancreas
• Pituitary conditions: Any condition that affects the pituitary
• Thyroid disorders: Any disorder of the thyroid gland.

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