Across
- 5. swelling of the skin and underlying tissues.
- 8. your immune system doesn’t recognize your thyroid as your own and attacks it.
- 10. excess growth of the body due to an excess of HGH.
- 11. causes your metabolism to slow down.
- 12. disorder that causes an imbalance of fluids in the body.
- 13. cluster of conditions that occur together increasing your risk of heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes.
- 14. - excess of glucose in the bloodstream, often associated with diabetes mellitus.
Down
- 1. develops when your pituitary gland produces too much growth hormone.
- 2. - occurs when your body produces high levels of blood acids called ketones
- 3. disorder in which the body does not produce enough or respond normally to insulin.
- 4. caused by overproduction of thyroid hormones.
- 6. caused by being exposed to a high level of cortisol over time.
- 7. blood sugar is lower than normal.
- 9. disorder in which the adrenal glands don’t produce enough hormones.