Endocrine diseases include a wide range of metabolic diseases such as diabetes and diseases of the hypothalamus, pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal and gonads.
If you have the following discomfort, please be alert to endocrine diseases.
1, diabetes: polyuria, dry mouth, excessive drinking, weight loss, fatigue, itchy skin, blurred vision
2, hyperthyroidism: fear of heat and sweating, panic, easy to eat and hunger, thinning, protruding eyes, large neck
3, hypothyroidism: fear of cold, weakness, unresponsiveness, memory loss, drowsiness, swelling, constipation, bradycardia
4, subacute thyroiditis: head and neck pain, large neck with tenderness, fever
5, gout: recurrent joint redness, swelling, heat and pain, bunions, ankle joints, high blood uric acid
6, osteoporosis: back and hip pain, hunchback, easy to fracture, height shortened by 4cm or 2m compared to the previous year
7, hyperparathyroidism: stubborn bone and joint pain, frequent spontaneous fractures, inexplicable shortening of height, repeatedly ineffective treatment of urinary stones (especially bilateral), loss of appetite, abdominal distension, constipation, high blood calcium
8, hypoparathyroidism: hand and foot cramps (sometimes manifested as seizures), numbness, tingling in the extremities, excitement, anxiety, especially those who have a history of neck surgery or radiation therapy
9, hypopituitarism: hair loss, loss of appetite, weakness, swelling, loss of libido, amenorrhea, especially in women with a history of hemorrhage during childbirth
10, cortisolism: full moon face, flushed face, centripetal obesity, purple skin lines, acne, hypertension
11, hypoadrenocorticism: loss of appetite, diarrhea, weakness, low blood pressure, darkening of the skin, weight loss
12, uremia: irritable thirst, polyuria, low specific gravity of urine
13, acromegaly: hands and feet continue to increase in size in adulthood, skin thickening, facial roughness, headache, weakness, vision loss
14. A variety of endocrine system diseases from pituitary, thyroid, adrenal to gonad can lead to male and female infertility, and those with infertility, including delayed sexual development, female menstrual disorders or amenorrhea, should be examined first for endocrine function.
15. Dwarfism: Children with significantly later growth and development than their peers, with a height growth of less than 4cm per year. The treatment of hereditary dwarfism must be done before the epiphysis closes (usually before sexual development), once it closes, the opportunity to increase height is lost forever!
16, four types of hypertensive patients may take off the “hat” of hypertension, need to see the endocrinology department first.
① hypertension with low potassium: weakness, nocturia. The real face – primary aldosteronism
②High and low blood pressure: hypertension with young onset, high blood pressure fluctuations, sudden rise in blood pressure with headache, pale face, profuse sweating, tachycardia. The real face – pheochromocytoma
(3) Patients with hypertension are often obese, but if they are strangely fat, have stubbornly high blood pressure, and have diabetes, it is likely that cortisolism is to blame.
④Only systolic blood pressure is elevated, but diastolic blood pressure is not high, often mistakenly thought to be due to age and arteriosclerosis. However, one thing should not be overlooked: abnormal thyroid function is also an important cause of systolic hypertension.