Endocrine System

Hyperthyroidism

Hyperthyroidism is a condition in which your thyroid creates and releases more hormones than you need. This is also called overactive thyroid. The main hormones your thyroid makes include triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4).

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Hypothyroidism

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Hypopituitarism

Hypopituitarism is a rare condition in which there’s a deficiency of one, multiple or all of the hormones made by your pituitary gland. Symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of hypopituitarism depend on which hormones are lacking.

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Hyperpituitarism

Having an overactive pituitary gland is called hyperpituitarism. Noncancerous (benign) tumors usually cause this condition by making the gland produce too much or too little of the hormones that control growth, reproduction and metabolism.

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Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia

Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) describes a group of genetic disorders affecting your adrenal glands. You have one adrenal gland on top of each kidney. The adrenal glands produce several important hormones your body needs.