Question about Endorine Disorders

LindaMarie76 · Mar 21, 2005

I was wondering if anyone can give some advice on how to study for the disorders they seem to run together. any little tricks of the trade

Any ones in particular? There's a lot of them. If your answer is that you have to know them all, I would recommend understanding the physiology behind hormonal regulation. That way you can think your way through the questions. I'll help as much as I can.

Linda

talaxandra · Mar 25, 2005

What I love about endocrinology is that once you understand what the hormones do, the signs and symptoms all make sense. Plus everything has it's pair - one too much, the other too little: hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism; Cushing's, Addison's; diabetes, insulinoma.

When I was studying, though, I tried to learn them all together and it was way too complicated - trying to remember which symptoms went with hypoglycaemia, for example, got all confused with the one's I had for hyperglycaemia. So maybe focus first on the actions of the hormones, a gland at a time, then try to work out what would happen if they over- or under-produced.

Good luck :)

michw2 · Mar 25, 2005

What I love about endocrinology is that once you understand what the hormones do, the signs and symptoms all make sense. Plus everything has it's pair - one too much, the other too little: hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism; Cushing's, Addison's; diabetes, insulinoma.
When I was studying, though, I tried to learn them all together and it was way too complicated - trying to remember which symptoms went with hypoglycaemia, for example, got all confused with the one's I had for hyperglycaemia. So maybe focus first on the actions of the hormones, a gland at a time, then try to work out what would happen if they over- or under-produced.
Good luck :)

thanks for the advice

talaxandra · Mar 26, 2005

Any time :)

Nurseinthemaking · Mar 26, 2005

we just finished endocrine. Ugh, that was tough...

How I did it was took each gland seperately and then made an outline of disease including S&S, Meds to treat and Lab tests to DX.