The term "diabetes insipidus" combines diseases characterized by the release of a large amount of diluted urine. Most often, these diseases are associated with impaired production or action of an...

Pheochromocytoma is a hormone-active tumor of adrenal medulla( more than 90% of all cases).This formation produces a large number of specific substances - catecholamines( adrenaline, norepinephri...

Thyroid is one of the organs of the endocrine system that produces hormones: thyroxine, triiodothyronine, and thyrocalcitonin, which are involved in many of our body's processes. The thyroi...

Arterial hypertension is a persistent increase in pressure in arteries above 140/90 mm Hg. Most often( 90-95% of all cases) causes of the disease can not be identified, then hypertension is calle...

A variety of behavioral disorders( attention disorders, hyperactivity, emotional imbalance, hypersexuality, uncriticality) that are often written off by their parents and doctors for "transitiona...

Autoimmune thyroiditis is one of the most common thyroid diseases( every 6-10 woman over 60 years old suffers from this disease).Often this diagnosis causes patient anxiety, which leads them t...

Gynecomastia is an increase in mammary gland tissue in men. Causes of gynecomastia Gynecomastia in men occurs as a result of hormonal disorders, in which the level of estrogen( female sex h...

Thyrotoxicosis is a condition associated with an excess of thyroid hormones in the body. Also this condition is called hyperthyroidism. This is not a diagnosis, but a consequence of some diseases...

Currently, cardiovascular diseases( myocardial infarction, stroke, etc.) and type 2 diabetes are leading among the causes of death, so the prevention of these diseases is an important problem of ...

Endemic goiter is an enlargement of the thyroid gland that changes the shape of the neck, which develops due to a lack of iodine in people living in areas with iodine deficiency in the environ...

Hypoparathyroidism - a disease in which the content of parathyroid hormone decreases or disappears completely, which leads to a violation of calcium absorption in the intestine, a decrease in ...

Giantism is a disease in which an increased production of growth hormone( growth hormone) is observed, which in turn leads to excessive proportional growth of limbs and trunk. General...

Thyrotoxic crisis is a serious, life threatening condition of the patient, which is a complication of thyrotoxicosis, which develops in diffuse toxic goiter( Graves' disease).The development of t...

Diffuse toxic goiter( Bazed disease, Graves disease) is a disease characterized by a widespread enlargement of the thyroid gland and persistent excess production of its hormones, which causes ...

Isenko-Cushing's syndrome or hypercorticism is a condition caused by prolonged exposure to the body of high levels of glucocorticoid hormones, the most important of which is cortisol. Cortisol...

Pituitary adenomas most often arise from the cells of the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland, responsible for the production of hormones that regulate many important functions of the body....

Acromegaly( gigantism) - a disease in which the production of growth hormone( somatotropin) increases, with a violation of proportional growth of the skeleton and internal organs, in addition, th...

Hyperparathyroidism is a disease associated with increased production of parathyroid hormone by altered parathyroid glands, which causes a chronic increase in calcium in the blood and is chara...