flashcard 7
good differentiative sign between type 1+2 diabetes mellitus
type 2 will not be ketotic
hypothyroidism treatment
levothyroxine (tamper with dosage until levels are normal)
cretinism causes
iodine def
maternal hypothyroidism
genetic
goitre
enlarged thyroid gland
cushings disease
pituitary tumour causing excess corticosteroids
SYMPTOMS:
- galactorrhoea
- infertility
- headache
- hypogonadism
hyperprolactinaemia
cranial diabetes insipidus
hypothalamus does not produce enough ADH
severe cases outcomes of congenital adrenal hyperplasia
- ambiguous genitalia
- neonatal salt-losing crisis
diagnose:
- muscular weakness
- polydipsia
- polyuria
- hypertension
- K in urine increase
- K in blood decrease
conns syndrome
long term symptoms:
- hypertension
- anxiety
- sweating
- headache
- palpitations
- tremor
phaechromocytoma
corticosteroid
any steroid hormone synthesised by adrenal cortex
investigations for all suspected thyroid cancers
biopsy
USS
FNAC
TFTs
mutation associated with follicular thyroid cancer
RAF
what does raised serum calcitonin suggest
medullary thyroid cancer
indications for surgery in hyperparathyroidism
- hypercalcaemia symptoms
- osteoporosis
- recurrent kidney stones
- eGFR <65
- <50
