Adrenal crisis
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adrenal-crisis-205-7714499
title:
Adrenal crisis
text:
Adrenal crisis, also known as Addisonian crisis or acute adrenal insufficiency, is a life-threatening complication of adrenal insufficiency. Hypotension, and hypovolemic shock, are the main symptoms of an adrenal crisis. Other symptoms include weakness, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, fever, fatigue, abnormal electrolytes, confusion, and coma. Laboratory testing may detect low sodium (hyponatremia), high potassium (hyperkalemia), high lymphocyte count (lymphocytosis), high eosinophils (eosinophilia)
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Medical emergency due to insufficient steroid production
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrenal_crisis
date created:
2008-06-03T12:36:20Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T05:59:33Z
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