Question

1. For the patient with the pituitary disorder, how would you account (explain) for the lack of hGH, epinephrine, and cortisol in patient's blood? [In other words, WHY IS THERE LACK OF hGH, EPINEPHRINE, CORTISOL IN BLOOD FOR PITUITARY DISORDER.]

2. Does another hormone compensate for the three hormones listed above (hGH, epinephrine, cortisol)? Why? Is it glucagon?

Please explain in grade 12 level!!!!

Answer 1

Ans- 1) Patient with the pituitary disorder means pituitary hormones production lack or stop.Trauma may cause your pituitary gland to stop producing enough of one or more of its hormones. For example, if you had brain surgery, a brain infection, or a head injury, may affect your pituitary gland. the symptoms of hypopituitarism depend on which hormones your pituitary gland is not producing enough of. For example, if the pituitary gland does not produce enough growth hormone in a child, they may have a permanently short stature. If it doesn’t produce enough follicle-stimulating hormone or luteinizing hormone, it might cause problems with sexual function, menstruation, and fertility.

2)- Other hormones not totally compensate to these hormones because these hormones are special and not produce by other gland. We cannot compare with glucagon hormone because it secrete by alpha cell in pancreas and it mainly work on glycogenolysis and increase blood sugar.