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Diabetes and hormones support groups
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33 groups
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Achondroplasia
3 groups
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Acromegaly
1 group
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Addison's disease
3 groups
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Adult-onset diabetes (Type II)
7 groups
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Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH)
3 groups
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Cushing's syndrome
1 group
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Diabetes
16 groups
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Dwarfism
3 groups
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Goiter
1 group
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Graves' disease
2 groups
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High triglycerides
7 groups
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Hormone replacement therapy
2 groups
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Hyperparathyroidism
1 group
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Hyperthyroidism
3 groups
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Hypoparathyroidism
1 group
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Hypothyroidism
3 groups
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Juvenile diabetes (Type I)
5 groups
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Malignant thymoma
4 groups
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McCune-Albright syndrome
1 group
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Multiple endocrine neoplasia
1 group
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Pheochromocytoma
1 group
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Prolactinoma
2 groups
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Thymus cancer
4 groups
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Thyroid cancer
8 groups
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Turner's syndrome
2 groups
Diabetes and hormones
Diabetes is a disease in which your blood glucose, or sugar, levels are too high. Glucose comes from the foods you eat. Insulin is a hormone that helps the glucose get into your cells to give them energy. With Type 1 diabetes, your body does not make insulin. With Type 2 diabetes, the more common type, your body does not make or use insulin well. Without enough insulin, the glucose stays in your blood. Over time, having too much glucose in your blood can damage your eyes, kidneys, and nerves.
Hormones are your body's chemical messengers. They travel in your bloodstream to tissues or organs. Endocrine glands, which are special groups of cells, make hormones. The major endocrine glands are the pituitary, pineal, thymus, thyroid, adrenal glands and pancreas. In addition, men produce hormones in their testes and women produce them in their ovaries.
Hormones are powerful. It takes only a tiny amount to cause significant changes in cells or even your whole body.