Chapter 19- The Endocrine System And The Stress Response

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Diabetes mellitus

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Disorder of carbohydrate/glucose metabolism (hyperglycemia and glycosuria)

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Diabetes insipidus

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Inadequate ADH pituitary secretion

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Diabetes mellitus, type 1 or T.D.I.M.

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The pancreas produces little or no insulin (daily injection or infusion required for survival)

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Diabetes mellitus, type 2 or T2DM

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The pancreas makes too little insulin or cannot efficiently utilize whatever insulin it makes (also known as insulin resistance)

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Hyperglycemia

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Too little insulin and too much blood glucose that may lead to ketoacidosis/diabetic coma. Sx: Polyphagia, polydipsia, polyuria.

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Hypoglycemia

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Too much insulin and too low blood glucose that may lead to insulin shock. Sx: vertigo, confusion, and nervousness.

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Polydipsia

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Related to excessive thirst

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Polyphagia

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Related to excessive eating/ swallowing

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Nocturia

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Related To getting up at night to urinate

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Glycosuria

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Related to glucose (sugar) in the urine

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Polyuria

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Related to excessive urination

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Addison’s disease

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Adrenal hyposecretion characterized by paresis and/or weight loss

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Hypercholestemia

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High cholesterol in blood

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Hyperthyroidism

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Excessive thyroid secretion and increased metabolic rate

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Hypothyroidism

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Under active metabolism and thyroid secretion

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Homeostasis

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Relaxation or your body’s tendency to maintain its individual internal health and calmness

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Sympathetic

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Nervous system response that activates “fight or flight” for stressor survival

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Stressor

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Any real or imagined pressure, force or strain that results in a sympathetic response

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Distress

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Bad stress as unable to relax after the stressor is over. It is a prolonged sympathetic response that contributes toward poor health

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Parasympathetic

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Nervous system response that activates relaxation

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Eustress

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Good stress that helps body cope w/ stressors then relaxes after stressor is over promotes good health