Hormone Treatments for Common Disorders

This paper discusses how hormones affect many conditions and disorders. Hormones are used to treat sicknesses that many people suffer from, and this use usually relates to lack or excess of hormones being produced by the body. This article will discuss several common conditions and the hormone treatments used to help those who are ailed by the disorders.

Endocrinologists must understand how to properly treat common disorders such as Diabetes Insipidus, Diabetes Mellitus, Myxedema, Graves Disease, Cushing's Syndrome, Addison's Disease, Dwarfism, Galactorrhoea, and Hirsutism. These conditions are caused or related to an overabundance or deficiency of a particular type of hormone. These conditions negatively impact the lives of many people, and specific treatments can help people manage these serious disorders.

Hormone treatments can help people suffering from these ailments. Diabetes Insipidus, a metabolic disorder involving the pituitary gland and the kidneys, can be treated with an antidiuretic hormone (Endocrinologist). Diabetes Mellitus is often treated with insulin or antidiabetic drugs. Myxedema and Grave's disease are common disorders associated with the thyroid gland, and Myxedema can be treated with Thyroxine therapy to help increase the thyroid hormone in the body; Graves Disease can be treated with anti-thyroid medications that decrease the production of the thyroid hormone (Endocrinologist). Aminoglutethimide and ketoconazole have shown the ability to decrease the hormone cortisol levels that are elevated in patients with

Cushing's syndrome, and Addison's Disease can be treated with intravenous hydrocortisone and orally administered fludrocortisones acetate, which increases the cortisol in the body (Endocrinologist). Growth hormone injections are methods used to help people suffering from dwarfism; dwarfism is caused by low pituitary hormone secretion. Galactorrhoea can be caused by " medications, pituitary disorders and thyroid disorders, " and causes the body to produce milk unnecessarily; it can be helped using a drug called "bromocriptine" (Endocrinologist). Hirsutism causes increased hair production, and it can be counteracted by using oral contraceptives or anti-androgen drugs. These hormone treatments provide endocrinologists with the opportunity to treat many people who are ailed by hormonal complications. .

These treatments help average people deal with the sicknesses that they suffer from. These hormonal aids help regulate the production of hormones in several ways.

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