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Why can small decreases in the level of a hormone cause disease?
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Why can small increases in the level of a hormone cause disease?
A small increase or decrease in hormone level can cause disease.
What hormone do the parathyroid grands secrete and what does this hormone do?
Parathyroid glands secrete Parathamone hormone.It increases the Calcium level and decreases Phosphate level.
Which hormone decrease calcium?
Calcitonin decreases the calcium level.It also lowers the phosphate level.
Can hormone level affect the weeks of pregnancy?
Yes, if your hormone level drops it can cause you to have a misscarriage. Don't know if it can accelerate it though.
An increase in the bloods level of a thyroid gland hormone decreases the release of thyroid stimulating hormone. what does this mechanism illustrate?
Thyroid function is an example of a negative feedback system.
Regulation of the release of T3 and T4 from the thyroid gland is controlled by negative feedback?
When the level of the thyroxine increase, the level of the thyroid stimulating hormone decrease. So in turn the level of the thyroid hormone decreases. When the level of the thyroxine decrease, the level of the thyroid stimulating hormone increase. This in turn increase the level of the thyroxine. This explanation does not explain to how the level of the hormone is regulated at that particular level. But then this explanation satisfy most of the people.
How can the CEA level in a patient be temporarily increased?
Certain types of cancer treatments, such as hormone therapy for breast cancer, may actually cause the CEA level to go up. This elevation does not accurately reflect the state of the disease.
How would an elevated level of thyroid hormone in the body affect skeletal muscles?
Decreases body mass and it would stimulate metabolism...
What is the effect of calcitonin and parathyroid hormone?
Calcitonic and Parathamon decrease calcium level.Phosphate level is decreased by calcitonin.Parathon increase it.
What makes levels of TSH low in graves disease?
In graves disease, TSH level is lowered by thyroid gland, when it makes more thyroid hormone.
Can Lyme disease cause high sugar level?
Yes.
An increase in the bloods level of a thyroid gland hormone decreases the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone this mechanism illustrates what?
Negative feedback. "feed back" because one thing triggers another "negative" because the trigger causes a decrease
