Portage Learning Pathophysiology Module 9

3 categories for hormone structure - 1. amines/amino acids 2. peptides, polypeptides & proteins (freely floating in bloodstream) 3. steroids (transported in blood by carrier protein 3 ways that hormones act on the body - 1. endocrine 2. paracrine 3. autocrine 5 primary causes of secondary hypothyroidism - 1. infection 2. inflammation 3. infiltration 4. hemorrhage 5. tumor 6 primary causes for primary hypothyroidism? - 1. congenital thyroid disease 2. Hashimoto's thyroiditis 3. thyroid toxic drugs 4. iodine deficiency (iodine is used to synthesize TH) 5. post op complications 6. radiation therapy alpha glucosidase inhibitors - -acarbose; miglitol inhibit pancreatic alpha amylase & intestinal alpha glucoside hydrolase which delays carbohydrate absorption to help decrease postprandial hyperglycemia