Endocrine

Question 1

Grave - treatment to manage symptoms

Answer 1

• propanolol for symptoms

- Methimazole - pregnancy

Question 2

Cortex of adrenals

Answer 2

Salt, sugar, sex (aldosterone, cortisol, testosterone)
-GFR - glomerulus, fasiculata, raticularis

Medulla - catecholamines

Question 3

Causes of hypercalcaemia

Answer 3

Primary

1. hyperparathryodism
2. malignancy

Other causes include
sarcoidosis*
vitamin D intoxication
acromegaly
thyrotoxicosis
Milk-alkali syndrome
drugs: thiazides, calcium containing antacids
dehydration
Addison's disease
Paget's disease of the bone**

Question 4

Hashimotos

Answer 4

-antiTPO and anti-thyroglobulin antibodies