The effects of alcohol on the endocrine system.
Male hypogonadism is the best documented endocrine effect of chronic alcoholism. A reversible clinical syndrome resembling Cushing's syndrome has also recently been described in some chronic alcoholics. The pituitary-thyroid axis is relatively resistant to the effects of ethanol, although mild abnormalities in various thyroid tests are frequently noted in the presence of alcoholic liver disease.
D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications; D000818:Animals; D003480:Cushing Syndrome / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004702:Endocrine Glands / Q000187:drug effects*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007006:Hypogonadism / Q000139:chemically induced*; D007030:Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D010913:Pituitary-Adrenal System / Q000187:drug effects; D051381:Rats; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000187:drug effects
D000431:Ethanol