High growth-stimulating hormone can cause excessive hand, feet, and face growth {acromegaly}|.
Woman can have no menstruation {amenorrhea}|.
Castrated males {eunuch}| have low male hormones.
Too much parathyroid activity {hyperparathyroidism}| can cause soft bones.
At pregnancy beginning, women can have morning nausea {morning sickness}|.
Too much thyroxin {hyperthyroidism}| can cause high heat, overeating, nervousness, high blood pressure, and eyeball protrusion.
Thyroid hormone deficiency {hypothyroidism}| causes low energy.
Hypothyroidism can cause bloating {myxedema}|.
Low adrenal-gland hormone production {hypoadrenocorticism} causes weakness, weight loss, low blood pressure, GI tract problems, and brown skin {Addison's disease} {Addison disease}.
Pituitary gland can make high ACTH, resulting in increased hormone production by adrenal glands and obesity {Cushing's disease} {Cushing disease}.
Insulin lack makes blood glucose stay high {diabetes}| {diabetes insipidus}.
Blood glucose can be too high {hyperglycemia}|.
Blood glucose can be too low {hypoglycemia}|.
Immune system can attack pancreas beta cells and cause diabetes {type 1 diabetes} {insulin-dependent diabetes}.
Pancreas islet cells make proteins {islet amyloid polypeptide} (IAPP) that can clump {Type 2 diabetes}. Genes {TCF7L2 gene} can affect glucose metabolism. Sulfonylureas, such as glimeperide and glipizide, are effective drugs. Metformin is effective.
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