Endocrine pharmocology

Question 1

Synthetic hormone used to correct deficiency of estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, or testosterone hormone; relieve symptoms of menopause; and prevent osteoporosis in women

Answer 1

hormone replacement therapy (HRT)

Question 2

Replace insulin in patients with type 1 diabetes or severe type 2 diabetes

Answer 2

insulins

Question 3

Treat type 2 diabetes by stimulating the pancreas to produce more insulin or lower glucose levels in blood

Answer 3

oralantidiabetics

Question 4

One form of hypothyroidism, develops in infants. If not treated, this disorder leads to mental retardation, impaired growth, low body temperatures, and abnormal bone formation. These symptoms usually do not appear at birth because the infant has received thyroid hormones from the mother’s blood during fetal development.

Answer 4

cretinism

Question 5

Type of hypothyrodism characterized by edema, low blood levels of thyroid hormones, weight gain, cold intolerance, fatigue, depression, muscle or joint pain, and sluggishness.

Answer 5

Myxedema

Question 6

The most common form of hyperthyroidis results from excessive secretion of thyroid hormones, which leads to metabolic imbalance

Answer 6

Graves disease

Question 7

characteristics of Graves Disease

Answer 7

Graves disease, also called autoimmune hyperthyroidism, is an autoimmune disease that increases the production of thyroid hormones, enlarges the thyroid gland (goiter), and causes multiple system changes. Graves disease is characterized by an elevated metabolic rate, abnormal weight loss, excessive perspiration, muscle weakness, and emotional instability. Also, the eyes are likely to protrude (exophthalmos) because of edematous swelling in the tissues behind them

Question 8

This is synthesized and secreted by the anterior pituitary gland and is responsible for the normal growth of bones, cartilage, and soft tissue.

Answer 8

Growth hormone (GH)

Question 9

Deficiency or absence of GH

Answer 9

hyposecretion

Question 10

hyposecretion during childhood slows bone growth and results in underdevelopment of the body (hypopituitarism)
The individual is extremely short (final height of only 3 to 4 feet) but has normal body proportions. Pituitary dwarfism may be linked to other defects and varying degrees of mental retardation. Treatment of dwarfism includes administration of GH during childhood, before skeletal growth is completed.

Answer 10

DWARFISM

Question 11

Excessive secretion of GH

Answer 11

hypersecretion

Question 12

(hypersecretion) during childhood causes an abnormal increase in the length of long bones and results in a disorder where the individual grows to be very tall (may attain a height of 8 feet), but body proportions are about normal.

Answer 12

Gigantism