What is Graves disease
Excess growth hormone in adults which causes an increase in size of body parts but not height
What is Acromegaly
Findings for a patient with Diabetes Mellitus (P's)
What are polyphagia, polyuria and polydipsia
TSH (Thyroid stimulating hormone) stimulates the thyroid to release which hormones?
What is T3 and T4
This singer from a famous trio of brothers was diagnosed at age 13 after experiencing significant weight loss, excessive thirst, and frequent urination.
Tell the singer + condition
Who is Nick Jonas
What is Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (note - He later helped co-found the nonprofit Beyond Type 1.)
What is a Goiter?
These are hormones secreted by the anterior pituitary.
What are ACTH, TSH, GH, Prolactin, LH, FSH?
Oral antidiabetic medication that should be taken with foods and may cause diarrhea.
What is metformin?
PTU or Methimazole are used for this autoimmune condition
What is Graves' disease
This actor who stared in the beloved movie the Princess Bride and died from congestive heart failure at age 46 suffered from a condition of this hormone excess.
What is acromegaly (growth hormone excess)
What is Acanthosis Nigricans
This hormone is under inhibition by dopamine
What is prolactin
Best indicator of an average blood glucose level for the past 120 days
What is an HbA1C level
An autoimmune condition presenting with fatigue, cold sensitivity, constipation, dry skin, weight gain, and coarse hair
What is Hashimoto's hypothyroidism?
This 35th US president came from one of America’s most prominent political dynasties. He lived with a chronic adrenal disorder. Can you name the disease and the person?
Who is John F Kennedy
What is Addison disease (primary adrenal insufficiency)
Central obesity, moon facies, facial plethora, dorsocervical fat pad (buffalo hump), wide violaceous striae, thin skin, easy bruising, poor wound healing, proximal muscle weakness, hypertension, and hyperglycemia.
What is Cushings Syndrome
This electrolyte is increased in blood tests with central diabetes insipidus (AVP deficiency)
What is sodium?
A disorder where the pancreas does not secrete insulin
What is type 1 diabetes mellitus?
This mineral is essential for thyroid hormone synthesis
What is Iodine
Mei Lee from Turning Red (Disney movie) is shown wearing a wearable diabetes technology device. This wearable technology helps people with diabetes manage their condition throughout the day by mimicking one of the pancreas's key functions.
What is an insulin pump?
Postural hypotension, salt craving and hyperpigmentation
What is primary adrenal insufficiency?
These are secreted by the posterior pituitary.
What are oxytocin and AVP
1. Low blood sugar reading
2. Sweating, confused, irritable
3. Symptom improvement with dextrose
What is Whipple's Triad
Expected findings in a patient with hyperthroidism
What are nervousness, thin hair, exophthalmos, goiter
This Simson loves donuts and often overeats. Which hormone produced by adipocytes normally signals satiety to the hypothalamus?
What is Leptin