The condition is due to excessive secretion of the so-called 'growth hormone' by the pituitary gland.

Although the gonads are the major producers, excessive secretion of, for example, androgens by the adrenal gland may disrupt hormonal balance and have far-reaching results.

Ether is irritant to the mouse respiratory tract and can cause excessive mucous secretion.

This is especially important in gastrinoma (the tumors in which there is an excessive secretion of gastrin), as this is one of the factors contributing to Zollinger-Ellison's syndrome.

However, patients with excessive secretions seem to benefit from a combination of continuous rotation and P&PD.

Mucolytic agents like bromhexine and carbocisteine help bring out excessive bronchial secretions more easily by coughing.

Tertiary hyperparathyroidism is a state of excessive secretion of parathyroid hormone (PTH) after a long period of secondary hyperparathyroidism and resulting in hypercalcemia.

Diseases associated with excessive secretion of insulin-antagonistic hormones can cause diabetes (which is typically resolved once the hormone excess is removed).

However, prolonged cortisol secretion (which may be due to chronic stress or the excessive secretion seen in Cushing's syndrome) results in significant physiological changes.