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Describe, in brief, an account of disorders of adrenal gland. |
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Answer» (1) Disorders of adrenal cortical secretions are caused due to hyposecretion and hypersecretion of adrenal corcoid hormones. (2) Hyposecretion of corticosteroids causes Addison’s disease. (3) The symptoms of Addison’s disease are low blood sugar, low body temperature, feeble heart action, low BR acidosis, low Na+ and K+ concentration in plasma, excessive loss of Na+ and water in urine, impaired kidney functioning and kidney failure, etc. it leads to weight loss, general weakness, nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea. (4) Hypersecretion of corticoids causes Cushing’s disease. (5) The symptoms of Cushing’s disease are high blood sugar level, glucosuria, alkalosis, enhancement of total quantity of electrolytes in extracellular fluid, polydipsia, increased BR muscle paralysis, obesity, wasting of limb muscles, etc. |
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