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What is the excessive production of glucocorticoids caused by hypersecretion of the adrenal cortex?
Cushing syndrome
What is the prognosis for a patient with exophthalmos?
Exophthalmos can be progressive. Its progress must be carefully followed, treating complications as they occur.
Acromegaly is the result of the hypersecretion hormone true or false?
Acromegaly is the result of hypersecretion of growth hormone
What is huntingtons disorder?
huntingtons disorder is a genetic disorder caused by dominant alleles. it has a late on set as symptoms are shown after the age of at least 40
What is a disorder caused by a physical illness that affects the brain?
Organic Disorders.
Which is a autoimmune disorder caused by hyperthyroidism is characterized by goiter or exophthalmos?
While many things can cause a goiter, a goiter and exophthalmos are symptoms of the autoimmune disease, Graves' disease.
Cushing's disease is caused by hypersecretion of?
Cortisol
Which disease is the result of a hypersecretion of cortisol?
hypersecretion of thyroxine leads to grave disease, thyrotoxicoises
What is the excessive production of glucocorticoids caused by hypersecretion of the adrenal cortex?
Cushing syndrome
What is a autoimmune disorder caused by hyperthyroidism?
Grave's Disease and Hashimoto's thyroiditis are two that I know of. Grave's tends to have a steady stream of hyperthyroid symptoms while in Hashimoto's tyroiditis it might start out hyperthyroid and as the antibodies attack it will eventually dwindle down to hypothyroidism. Somtimes there will be bursts of hyperthyroid behavior as the thryoid gland is destroyed by antibodies in Hashimoto's thryoiditis.
Does the word exophthalmos have a combining vowel?
There's no combining vowel in exophthalmos.
What is the prognosis for a patient with exophthalmos?
Exophthalmos can be progressive. Its progress must be carefully followed, treating complications as they occur.
Acromegaly is the result of the hypersecretion hormone true or false?
Acromegaly is the result of hypersecretion of growth hormone
What is Protrusion of the eyeball called?
Exophthalmos
Can reflex sympathetic dystrophy be caused by a pain disorder?
RSD, or CRPS, is classified as a pain disorder. It is usually caused by an injury, and is not usually caused by another pain disorder. In rare cases, if you re-injure a limb affected by another pain disorder you can get RSD, but not directly from another pain disorder.
What is PANDAS disorder?
PANDAS disorder is an autoimmune disease caused by Strep
What does hypersecretion mean?
an excess of a hormone.
