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  2. Congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency

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    Due to loss of 21-hydroxylase function, patients are unable to efficiently synthesize cortisol. As a result, ACTH levels increase, leading to adrenocortical hyperplasia and overproduction of cortisol precursors, which are used in the synthesis of sex steroids, which can lead to signs of androgen excess, including ambiguous genitalia in newborn ...

  3. Congenital adrenal hyperplasia - Wikipedia

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    Currently, in the United States and over 40 other countries, every child born is screened for 21-hydroxylase CAH at birth. This test detects elevated levels of 17α-hydroxyprogesterone (17-OHP). Detecting high levels of 17-OHP enables early detection of CAH. Newborns detected early enough can be placed on medication and live relatively normal ...

  4. Congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 17α-hydroxylase ...

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    Because of the normal aldosterone level, hypertension is not expected. Normal cortisol level can be explained by the strong negative feedback mechanism of cortisol on hypothalamus-pituitary axis system. That is, in the beginning, 17,20-lyase deficiency will block synthesis of sex steroid hormones, forcing the pathways to produce more cortisol.

  5. What Is Cortisol Face? — and Can Stress Really Change Your ...

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    Cortisol levels naturally fluctuate throughout the day and they can spike in response to stress or other triggers. Both lower-than-normal and higher-than-normal cortisol levels can be harmful to ...

  6. Stress in early childhood - Wikipedia

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    Although there are low levels of cortisol at birth, the levels are sufficient to have serious physiological effects. [23] Newborns do not manifest typical adult circadian rhythms in cortisol production. Usually, newborns have peak cortisol levels every 12 hours and this does not depend on the time of day. [23]

  7. Adrenocorticotropic hormone deficiency - Wikipedia

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    Morning serum cortisol levels are typically the first step in the diagnostic work-up, but this test is only significant if values are extremely low, adrenal insufficiency is almost certain with values below 3 μg/dl, or it can be excluded with values in the upper half of the normal range. Cortisol levels above 19 g/dl almost always rule out ...

  8. What is ‘cortisol face’? How to tell if your facial swelling ...

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    Rarely, "high cortisol levels can result from abnormal growths in the pituitary glands, which stimulate cortisol production, or adrenal gland disorders that cause excess cortisol release," says ...

  9. 21-Deoxycortisol - Wikipedia

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    The corticosteroid activity of 21-deoxycortisol is lower than that of cortisol. [12] [13] As 21-deoxycortisol can be at high levels in congenital adrenal hyperplasia, and it has structural similarity to cortisol, it can cross-react in immunoassays, [14] [15] [16] resulting in a falsely normal or high cortisol result, when the true cortisol is ...