Thyroid Disorders
This condition, characterized by an underactive thyroid, results in fatigue, weight gain, and cold intolerance.
What is hypothyroidism?
This organ makes insulin, which helps control how much sugar is in your blood.
What is the pancreas?
These small glands sit on top of your kidneys and help your body deal with stress by making adrenaline.
What are the adrenal glands?
This small gland in your brain is called the "master gland" because it controls many other glands in your body.
What is the pituitary gland?
These four tiny glands in your neck control how much calcium is in your blood.
What are the parathyroid glands?
This autoimmune disease causes the thyroid to produce excessive amounts of hormones, leading to symptoms like rapid heartbeat and weight loss.
What is Graves' disease?
In this type of diabetes, kids have to take insulin because their pancreas doesn’t make enough.
What is Type 1 diabetes?
If your adrenal glands make too much cortisol, it can cause weight gain and make your skin very thin. What is this condition called?
What is Cushing's syndrome?
The pituitary gland helps you grow taller by making this special hormone.
What is growth hormone?
If your parathyroid glands don’t work right, your calcium levels can drop, causing muscle cramps. What is this called?
What is hypoparathyroidism?
A lack of iodine in the diet can lead to an enlargement of the thyroid gland, known as this condition.
What is a goiter?
When you have too much sugar in your blood and it doesn’t go away, you might have this condition.
What is diabetes?
Your adrenal glands help control this, which is how fast or slow your heart beats and how you react when scared.
What is your "fight or flight" response?
If the pituitary makes too much growth hormone after you’re an adult, it can make your hands and feet grow too big. This condition is called what?
What is acromegaly?
When your body has too much calcium, it can cause problems like kidney stones. This can happen if these glands make too much hormone.
What is hyperparathyroidism?
This type of thyroiditis is the most common cause of hypothyroidism in the United States.
What is Hashimoto's thyroiditis?
People with diabetes sometimes feel weak if their blood sugar drops too low. What is this called?
What is low blood sugar (or hypoglycemia)?
When your adrenal glands don’t make enough hormones, you might feel tired and weak. This condition is called what?
What is Addison’s disease?
When the pituitary doesn’t make enough hormones, it can cause problems like not growing tall enough. What is this condition called?
What is hypopituitarism?
The parathyroid glands help make sure you have the right amount of this mineral in your blood and bones.
What is calcium?
This rare but life-threatening condition can occur when severe hyperthyroidism leads to a sudden worsening of symptoms.
What is thyroid storm?
When someone’s blood sugar is higher than normal but not high enough to be diabetes, they have this.
What is prediabetes?
This hormone from the adrenal glands helps your body respond to emergencies by giving you energy and strength.
What is adrenaline?
This condition happens when a tumor in the pituitary gland makes too much of a hormone that controls your adrenal glands.
What is Cushing’s disease?
A tumor on one of these glands can cause too much calcium to build up in the body.
What is a parathyroid adenoma?