Consider a hormone that is secreted in large amounts at a given interval, modified chemically by the liver, and excreted by the kidneys at arapid rate, thus making the half-life of the hormone in the circulatorysystem very short. The hormone therefore rapidly increases in theblood and then decreases rapidly. Suppose that a patient has both liverand kidney disease. Predict the consequences on the blood levels ofthat hormone.

Consider a hormone that is secreted in large amounts at a given interval, modified chemically by the liver, and excreted by the kidneys at a
rapid rate, thus making the half-life of the hormone in the circulatory
system very short. The hormone therefore rapidly increases in the
blood and then decreases rapidly. Suppose that a patient has both liver
and kidney disease. Predict the consequences on the blood levels of
that hormone.