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binu2002 · Credits: 9188 My Scrapbook

can anyone give answers with explanations
Insulin resistance is increased in One of the following:
a- Diabetes insipidus

b- acromegaly

c- Cushings syndrome

d- Phaeochromocytoma

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It is Cushing's syndrome

... Increased hepatic gluconeogenesis and insulin resistance can cause impaired glucose tolerance....
Harrison 16th page 2179

.....Glucocorticoids increase insulin resistance, decrease glucose utilization, increase hepatic glucose production, and impair insulin secretion..... page 2203

binu2002 · Credits: 9188 My Scrapbook

what about acromegaly then as it is due to excess of growth hormone which itself is an anti insulin hormone and

drnarya · Credits: 10933 My Scrapbook

Cushing's syndrome

KSUMS · Credits: 200 My Scrapbook

i think both

b- acromegaly

c- Cushings syndrome

because of growth hormone & glucocorticoids

xllance17676 · Credits: 141 My Scrapbook

cushing syndrome cortisone dec. glucose uptake . dec. insulin senstivity

yassermamir · Credits: 1540 My Scrapbook

[i think cushing syndrom is more close although acromegaly is an answer too

drjaysh · Credits: 769 My Scrapbook

cushing's syndrome definitely..
but all the other options are not wrong either..
one can think of pheochromocytoma as its producing excessive epinephrine and nor epinephrine and these both has got effect on the fat tissue and increases the resistance of insulin thereby increasing the blood level of glucose

shravani · Credits: 6427 My Scrapbook

cushing's sndrome is more right than compaed to others but wh it comes to marking a single option which one to optt

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