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Endocrine & MetabolicModerate
Metabolic Disorder
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine · Endocrine & Metabolic
Moderate
Severity
Common overall — acquired metabolic disorders like diabetes affect hundreds of millions worldwide, while inherited forms are individually rare
Prevalence
No
Contagious
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1Inherited metabolic disorders result from gene mutations passed down from parents that impair the function of a specific enzyme needed to process nutrients or break down cellular waste products
- 2causing harmful accumulation or deficiency of key substances. Acquired metabolic disorders develop due to chronic diseases such as diabetes
- 3obesity
- 4thyroid dysfunction
- 5or organ failure that disrupt the body's normal regulatory hormones and pathways over time. Poor diet
- 6sedentary lifestyle
- 7and certain medications can also contribute to acquired metabolic imbalances.
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