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  2. Adrenocorticotropic hormone deficiency - Wikipedia

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    Low blood sugar and hyponatremia are possible; however, blood potassium levels typically remain normal because affected patients are deficient in glucocorticoids rather than mineralocorticoids because of their intact renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system. ACTH may be undetectable in blood tests, and cortisol is abnormally low. [1]

  3. Hypoaldosteronism - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. Adrenal insufficiency - Wikipedia

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    To confirm inappropriately low cortisol secretion, testing can include baseline morning cortisol level in the blood or morning cortisol level in the saliva. [2] Cortisol levels typically peak in the morning; thus, low values indicate true adrenal insufficiency. [2] Urinary free cortisol can also be measured, but are not necessary for diagnosis. [2]

  5. Addison's disease - Wikipedia

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    In suspected cases of Addison's disease, demonstration of low adrenal hormone levels even after appropriate stimulation (called the ACTH stimulation test or synacthen test) with synthetic pituitary ACTH hormone tetracosactide is needed for the diagnosis. Two tests are performed, the short and the long test.

  6. Hypopituitarism - Wikipedia

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    Levels between 100 and 500 require a stimulation test. [6] This, too, is done with the insulin tolerance test. A cortisol level above 500 after achieving a low blood sugar rules out ACTH deficiency, while lower levels confirm the diagnosis.

  7. What Is Low Testosterone & What Causes It? - AOL

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    A clinical diagnosis of testosterone deficiency should only be made when patients have low levels of testosterone combined with symptoms and/or signs of low T. Signs and Symptoms of Low ...

  8. Critical illness–related corticosteroid insufficiency - Wikipedia

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    Blood levels of dehydroepiandrosterone increase, and levels of dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate decrease in response to critical illness. [15] [16] [17] In the chronic phase of severe illness, cortisol levels decrease slowly and return to normal when the patient recovers. ACTH levels are however low, and CBG levels increase. [6]

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