Question

Hyposecretion of aldosterone causes
A. Gull’s disease
B. Grave’s disease
C. Cushing’s disease
D. Addison’s disease

Answer 1

Hint: Hyposecretion is when the number of hormones delivered are too low. Many types of disorders can result when too little or too many hormones are delivered.

Complete Answer:
Let us examine the given options to find the correct answer.
Option A: Gull's disease is the degradation of the thyroid by hypothyroidism. Therefore, this is an incorrect answer.

Option B: Graves' disorder is an autoimmune disease where your immune system wrongly attacks your thyroid which produces it to become overactive. The condition of Graves' disease is strange, but it mostly concerns young or middle-aged females and often appears in families. Smoking can also boost your risk of acquiring it. Therefore this is an incorrect answer.

Option C: Cushing's disease is a serious state of an overdose of the steroid hormone cortisol in the blood level produced by a pituitary tumour concealing adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH). Therefore, this is an incorrect answer.

Option D: Addison’s disease is produced by the behaviour of incompetent ACTH which in turn points to the lack of cortisol and aldosterone hormones of the adrenal cortex. Therefore, this is the correct answer.

Thus, option D is the correct answer.

Note: Addison's disease also called initial adrenal deficiency and hypocortisolism is a long-term endocrine disease in which the adrenal glands do not provide sufficient steroid hormones. Symptoms usually come on gradually and may involve abdominal pain, dizziness, and weight loss. Tuberculosis (TB) is the most popular condition of Addison's disease worldwide, but it's uncommon in the UK. TB is a bacterial disease that often attacks the lungs but can also expand to other organs of your body. It can create Addison's disease if it weakens your adrenal glands.