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Endocrine Diseases |
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<p>Your endocrine system includes eight major glands throughout your body. These glands make <a href="https://medlineplus.gov/hormones.html">hormones</a>. Hormones are chemical messengers. They travel through your bloodstream to tissues or organs. Hormones work slowly and affect body processes from head to toe. These include:</p><ul> <li>Growth and development</li> <li>Metabolism - digestion, elimination, breathing, blood circulation and maintaining body temperature </li> <li>Sexual function</li> <li>Reproduction</li> <li>Mood</li> </ul> <p>If your hormone levels are too high or too low, you may have a hormone disorder. Hormone diseases also occur if your body does not respond to hormones the way it is supposed to. Stress, infection and changes in your blood's <a href="https://medlineplus.gov/fluidandelectrolytebalance.html">fluid and electrolyte balance</a> can also influence hormone levels.</p> <p>In the United States, the most common endocrine disease is <a href="https://medlineplus.gov/diabetes.html">diabetes</a>. There are many others. They are usually treated by controlling how much hormone your body makes. Hormone supplements can help if the problem is too little of a hormone.</p> |
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http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MEDLINEPLUS/C0014130 |
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C0014130 |
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12/13/1999 |
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Your endocrine system includes eight major glands throughout your body. These glands make hormones. Hormones are chemical messengers. They travel through your bloodstream to tissues or organs. Hormones work slowly and affect body processes from head to toe. These include:
If your hormone levels are too high or too low, you may have a hormone disorder. Hormone diseases also occur if your body does not respond to hormones the way it is supposed to. Stress, infection and changes in your blood's fluid and electrolyte balance can also influence hormone levels. In the United States, the most common endocrine disease is diabetes. There are many others. They are usually treated by controlling how much hormone your body makes. Hormone supplements can help if the problem is too little of a hormone. |
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| MP OTHER LANGUAGE URL |
Spanish https://medlineplus.gov/spanish/endocrinediseases.html |
| MP PRIMARY INSTITUTE URL |
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases https://www.niddk.nih.gov |
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C0014130 |
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Endocrine Diseases |
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http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MEDLINEPLUS/C0018273 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MEDLINEPLUS/C0030286 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MEDLINEPLUS/C0001403 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MEDLINEPLUS/C0030517 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MEDLINEPLUS/C0040128 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MEDLINEPLUS/C0011849 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MEDLINEPLUS/C0019932 |
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The Endocrine system has eight major glands that make hormones. Diabetes is the most common endocrine disease in the USA.https://medlineplus.gov/endocrinediseases.html |
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T047 |
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