Hormones are the human body’s chemical messengers that are emitted straight into the blood. It is the blood that carries the homes to the different organs and tissues within the body so they can do their functions.

There are different kinds of hormones, and they act differently depending on the organs and tissues functions such as growth and development, metabolism of food items, maintenance of body temperature and thirst, cognitive function and mood, and reproductive growth and health.

The hormones come from or secreted from the endocrine glands inside a human’s body. The endocrine glands do not have ducts and as such the hormones are emitted to the blood stream directly instead of ducts.

Pineal, pineal, thymus, thyroid, adrenal glands, ovaries, testes, pancreas and adrenal glands are the major endocrine glands in the body.

Disease and hormones

Organs excrete hormones in very small amounts. Even a small amount of secreted hormones can cause major changes within a body and can result in some diseases.

There are different hormone disorder s, and most of them are diagnosed inside a laboratory with tests. Medical experts test the bodily fluids like the blood, saliva or urine to check for hormone abnormalities.

There are also patients who suffer from hormone deficiency, and they are treated with a synthetic hormone replacement therapy. There are also patients who suffer from the production of excess hormones and in most cases are given medications to mitigate the risks of excess hormone production.

For example, a patient may be diagnosed with hypothyroidism which is an underactive thyroid gland. Patients with hypothyroid receive synthetic thyroxine that can be taken orally as a pill.

On the other hand, an individual who has an overactive thyroid are often given medications such as propranolol to mitigate the negative effect of the additional thyroid hormone.