A patient complains of constant thirst, excessive passing of urine and low blood pressure. When the doctor checked the patients' blood glucose and blood insulin Level, the level were normal or slightly low. The doctor diagnosed the condition as diabetes insipidus. But he decided to measure one more hormone in patients blood. Which hormone does the doctor intend to measure?

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Solution

It is also known as hyperglycaemia hormone, and its action is opposite to that of insulin Excess of glucose in blood suppress the secretion of glucose. whereas fall in glucose level starts glucose production (since, doctor fend the slight line level of blood glucose)

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