Pathophysiology · Module 8 · Endocrine disorders

Endocrine Disorders Walkthrough

What goes wrong when a hormone is too high, too low or ignored: diabetes and its emergencies, the water hormone ADH, the thyroid, the adrenal glands, growth hormone and PCOS. Go at your own pace. Nothing here is graded.

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Think of it like this

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Dr. Akash Garg · Pathophysiology Study Tools · Diagrams are simplified and not to scale. For learning only, not medical advice. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Use the left and right arrow keys to move between steps. Practice next in the Endocrine Case Lab.
Simplifications: hormones, keys, doors and cells are drawn far larger than life and the animations are sped up. Diagnostic cut-offs are the standard adult values (fasting glucose 126 mg/dL or more, A1c 6.5% or more, 2-hour or random glucose 200 mg/dL or more); the renal threshold for glucose is shown as about 180 mg/dL, a rounded teaching value. DKA and HHS criteria are rounded textbook numbers. Thyroid and adrenal axes are shown with three levels (hypothalamus, anterior pituitary, gland); real feedback has more layers. Lab ranges vary between labs.