Some of the most common types of endocrine disorders include:
- Menopause
- Diabetes
- Addison’s disease
- Cushing’s disease
- Graves’ disease
- Hashimoto thyroiditis
- Hyperthyroidism/hypothyroidism
- Prolactinoma
- Cancers of the endocrine glands
An endocrine disorder is most often the result of a hormone imbalance, a condition characterized by a gland producing too much or too little of a hormone. This imbalance can be caused by:
Issues with the endocrine’s feedback system—its main job is to keep hormones in the body perfectly balanced but it can malfunction and cause an imbalance
- A genetic disorder
- Infection or disease
- Injury to an endocrine gland
