What is Adrenal disorders?

What is Adrenal disorders?

• Adrenal disorders: Disorders affecting the adrenal glands.

Adrenal disorders: Introduction

Types of Adrenal disorders:

Types of Adrenal disorders:

• Addison's disease
• Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
• Adrenal cancer
• Adrenal insufficiency
• Pheochromocytoma
• Neuroblastoma
• more types...»

Broader types of Adrenal disorders:

• Endocrine disorders
• more types...»

What causes Adrenal disorders?

Causes of Adrenal disorders: see causes of Adrenal disorders

What are the symptoms of Adrenal disorders?

Symptoms of Adrenal disorders: see symptoms of Adrenal disorders

Adrenal disorders: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Adrenal disorders.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Adrenal disorders.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Adrenal disorders: see treatments for Adrenal disorders
Research for Adrenal disorders: see research for Adrenal disorders

Society issues for Adrenal disorders

Hospitalization statistics for Adrenal disorders: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Adrenal disorders:

• 0.013% (1,709) of hospital consultant episodes were for disorders of adrenal gland in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 84% of hospital consultant episodes for disorders of adrenal gland required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 40% of hospital consultant episodes for disorders of adrenal gland were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 60% of hospital consultant episodes for disorders of adrenal gland were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 37% of hospital consultant episodes for disorders of adrenal gland required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 8.7 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for disorders of adrenal gland in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• more statistics...»

Organs Affected by Adrenal disorders:

Organs and body systems related to Adrenal disorders include:

• Adrenal

Name and Aliases of Adrenal disorders

Main name of condition: Adrenal disorders

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Adrenal disorders:

• Benign tumour of kidney
• Hyperaldosteronism
• Phaeochromocytoma
• Fight or flight response
• Hypertension
• Water and electrolyte balance

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