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Hypoaldosteronism causes low sodium (hyponatremia), high potassium (hyperkalemia), and metabolic acidosis, a condition in which the body produces excess acid.These conditions are responsible for the symptoms of hypoaldosteronism, which include muscle weakness, nausea, palpitations, irregular heartbeat, and abnormal blood pressure.
Primary adrenal insufficiency predisposes to higher risk of death, mostly due to infection, cardiovascular disease, and adrenal crisis. [2] Delayed diagnosis can impair quality of life, and lack of treatment brings high mortality. [2] However, with proper diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment, people with adrenal insufficiency can live normally. [3]
With appropriate treatment, the overall outcome is generally favorable, [10] and most people are able to lead a reasonably normal life. [11] Without treatment, an adrenal crisis can result in death. [1] Addison's disease affects about 9 to 14 per 100,000 people in the developed world. [1] [3] It occurs most frequently in middle-aged females. [1]
Hypoaldosteronism is a clinical condition marked by either an aldosterone deficiency or impaired tissue-level action of the hormone. Angiotensin I to Angiotensin II conversion, adrenal aldosterone synthesis and secretion, abnormal target tissue response to aldosterone, and renal renin production and secretion are all potential causes of the ...
Medical practitioners usually recommend surgical treatment for adrenalism caused by tumors since it is one of the most direct ways to cure the disease permanently. With a solid tumor overstimulating or suppressing the normal function of the adrenal glands , surgeons can locate the tumor and remove it using the traditional surgical method.
Pseudohypoaldosteronism (PHA) is a condition that mimics hypoaldosteronism (presenting hyperkalemia). [1] Two major types of primary pseudohypoaldosteronism are recognized and these have major differences in etiology and presentation.
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Hypoaldosteronism (the syndrome caused by underproduction of aldosterone) leads to the salt-wasting state associated with Addison's disease, although classical congenital adrenal hyperplasia and other disease states may also cause this situation.