In your neighbourhood a person was appearing weak.his family members asked you the possible reason.you advised him to consult doctor which appear to be some metabolic disorder.
i) mention any two metabolic disorders
ii) name the hormones the deficiency of which has caused these disorders.

Dear student, 

i)  Metabolic disease - Any disease which results in the malfunctioning of metabolism of our body is called metabolic disease.
For example - 
1) Cretinism - This is a metabolic disorder, occurs in children due to the hyposecretion of thyroid hormone. It results in mental retardation, dwarfism, and low IQ level in children.
2) Myxedema  - This is a metabolic disorder caused by the hyposecretion of thyroid hormone in adults. In this disease, glucose is not properly utilized and get deposited in the body, results in the increase in body weight and swelling in the body.
ii) Due to the deficiency of thyroid hormone (T3 and T4) these diseases occur.

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