Tags: Hypertension Diseases & Conditions High Blood Pressure Heart disease World Hypertension Day. Hypertension is one of the leading causes of death across the world and certain genetic factors, conditions like obesity or high cholesterol levels further add to the woes of a hypertensive person.
An endocrine disorder is a medical condition that causes a hormonal imbalance. When an endocrine gland functions abnormally, producing either too much of a specific hormone (hyperfunction) or too little (hypofunction), the hormonal imbalance can cause various complications in the body. The major glands of the endocrine system are the pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal, and pancreas.
Multiple endocrine neoplasia or MEN is part of a group of disorders that affect the body's network of hormone-producing glands (the endocrine system).or the associated gene and protein, see MEN1. Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN-1 syndrome) or Wermer's syndrome is part of a group of disorders that affect the endocrine system through development of neoplastic lesions in pituitary, parathyroid gland and pancreas.