Endocrine systems hormonal dysfunction

Dysfunction of the endocrine system could be due to either hyperfunction (excessive hormone production or responses) or hypofunction (insufficient hormone production or responses). Environmental chemicals that have the potential to perturb the endocrine system are known as endocrine or, synonymously, hormone disruptors. 

Abnormalities of the endocrine system are also seen (M41). Pregnancy is rare in women whose serum creatinine exceeds 3 mg% and often ends in spontaneous abortion. Amenorrhea and dysfunctional uterine bleeding are common in women on hemodialysis. Ovarian production of estrogen and progestrone is decreased, leading to an increase in follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH). The secretion of FSH and LH increases after the administration of... 

Endocrine disruptors are chemicals that cause adverse health effects in an animal or its offspring due to changes in hormone function. In recent years some scientists have concluded from a number of coincidental observations that certain chemicals in the environment may be interfering with the hormonal systems of animals and possibly of humans. These endocrine disruptors coidd be responsible for a range of dysfunctions that have been observed in the reproductive systems of humans and other animals. The effects in wildhfe have been well documented and can be reproduced experimentally. The human effects are more difficult to... 

Notes iodine or iodine moduiators may have potentiai uses as moduiators of the endocrine axis, thus treating diseases such as syndrome X, infertiiity, and growth retardation, increased production of thyroid hormone in the presence of high iodine ieveis ieads to increased catechoiamine production, which in turn may produce age-reiated sympathetic bias, a process that appears to drive many of the systemic dysfunctions associated with aging. 

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