Category Archives: Hormones and Gland Disorders

What is this Condition? When bacteria or viruses invade the body, they may attack the thyroid and cause it to become inflamed. Thyroid gland inflammation occurs in several forms: as a long-term autoimmune inflammation, as a self-limiting subacute granulomatous inflammation, … Continue reading →

What is this Condition? In hyperparathyroidism, one or more of the four parathyroid glands (pea-sized organs located behind the thyroid) are overactive, causing excessive secretion of parathyroid hormone. This results in bone loss and leads to excessive calcium and a … Continue reading →

What do Doctors call this Condition – Congenital hypothyroidism, infantile cretinism What is this Condition? Hypothyroidism in children is a deficiency of thyroid hormone secretion during fetal development or early infancy. Untreated hypothyroidism is characterized in infants by respiratory difficulties, … Continue reading →