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Endocrine Disease Trivia

Treatments

Question: What treatment methods are used for gestational diabetes?

Answer: Diet, exercise and in some cases, insulin injections


Question: This drug is used in the treatment of hyperparathyroidism by mimicing calcium circulating in the blood.

Answer: calcimimetics

Question: Radioactive iodine therapy may be used in the treatment of this.

Answer: Grave's disease


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Symtoms

Question: If you develop a lump in your neck, have difficulty swallowing, have swollen lymph nodes in your neck, these may be symptoms of what?

Answer: Thyroid cancer


Question: A pregnant woman that develops high blood glucose is said to have what?

Answer: Gestational diabetes


Question: This is an uncommon disorder that is characterized by intense thirst and increased urination.

Answer: Diabetes insipidus


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Testing

Question: A water deprivation test may be used in diagnosing this condition.

Answer: diabetes insipidus


Question: A fine needle biopsy of suspicious thyroid tissue may be used to diagnosis this condition.

Answer: Thyroid cancer


Question: This is a rare endocrine disorder in which adrenal glands do not produce sufficient steroid hormones.

Answer: Addison's disease


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Wild card

Question: This disease is also known as chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis.

Answer: Hashimoto's disease


Question: This condition can result from prolonged exposure to inappropriately high levels of the hormone cortisol.

Answer: Cushing's syndrome


Question: This condition is caused by factors that increase the production of parathyroid hormone.

Answer: Hyperparathyroidism

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Knowledge is Power

Question: This disease is the most common cause of hypothyroidism in the United States.

Answer: Hashimoto's disease


Question: This type of hyperthyroidism is more common among women under the age of 40.

Answer: Grave's disease


Question: This condition sometimes causing "bulging" of the eyes

Answer: Grave's disease

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