Adrenal insufficiency

Adrenal insufficiency: Introduction

Adrenal insufficiency is a failure by the adrenal gland to output enough hormones. Severe or chronic cases, see Addison's disease, which is a common cause of adrenal failure. Adrenal gland failure may cause an Addisonian crisis.

Symptoms of Adrenal insufficiency

• Fatigue
• Weakness
• Anorexia
• Nausea
• Vomiting
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 11 symptoms of Adrenal insufficiency

Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Adrenal insufficiency:

• High Blood Pressure: Home Testing
  • Home Blood Pressure Hypertension Tests
  • Home Blood Pressure Monitors
  • Home Heart Tests
• Heart Health: Home Testing:
  • Heart Rate Monitors
  • Irregular Heartbeat Detection
  • Heart Electrocardiogram (ECG)
  • Home Blood Pressure Testing
  • Home Cholesterol Testing
• Fatigue: Related Home Tests:
  • Home Anemia Tests
  • Home Thyroid Gland Function Tests
  • Home Adrenal Gland Function Tests
  • Home Calcium Deficiency Tests
  • Sleep Apnea Testing
  • Home HIV Tests
• Bladder & Urinary Health: Home Testing:
  • Home Bladder Testing
  • Home Urinary Tract Infection Tests
  • Home Cystitis Tests
  • Home Kidney Tests
  • Home Urine Protein Tests (Kidney Function)
  • Home Prostate Cancer Tests
• Adrenal Gland Health: Home Testing:
  • Home Adrenal Function Testing
  • Home Thyroid Function Tests
• Kidney Health: Home Testing:
  • Home Kidney Testing
  • Home Microalbumin Tests (Kidney)
  • Home Urine Protein Tests (Kidney)
  • Home Urinary Tract Infection Test Kits
• more tests...»

Adrenal insufficiency: Complications

Read more about complications of Adrenal insufficiency.

Medical Textbooks Online about Adrenal insufficiency

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Adrenal insufficiency?

• Misdiagnosis of Adrenal insufficiency
• Hidden causes of Adrenal insufficiency (possibly wrongly diagnosed)

Adrenal insufficiency: Self Assessment Tools

• Stroke -- Self Assessment Tools
• Heart Attack -- Self Assessment Tools
• Stress -- Self Assessment Tools
• Smoking -- Self Assessment Tools
• Weight Management -- Self Assessment Tools
• Heart Disease -- Self Assessment Tools
• more tools...»

Adrenal insufficiency: Medical Mistakes

• Hypertension -- Health Mistakes
• Cholesterol -- Health Mistakes
• Obesity -- Health Mistakes
• Diabetes -- Health Mistakes
• Metabolic Syndrome -- Health Mistakes
• more mistakes...»

Adrenal insufficiency: Marketplace Products, Discounts & Offers

Products, offers and promotion categories available for Adrenal insufficiency:

• Dieting & Weight management: products & offers »
• Heart health products & offers »
• Urinary Care & Incontinence
• High cholesterol
• Bladder
• more product offers...»

Adrenal insufficiency: Undiagnosed Conditions

Commonly undiagnosed diseases in related medical categories:

• Chronic Major Diseases that are commonly Undiagnosed:
  • High Cholesterol -- Undiagnosed
  • Heart Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Cancer -- Undiagnosed
  • Depression -- Undiagnosed
  • Type 2 Diabetes -- Undiagnosed
  • Type 1 Diabetes -- Undiagnosed
  • Hypertension -- Undiagnosed
  • Hemochromatosis -- Undiagnosed
  • Metabolic Syndrome -- Undiagnosed
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Misdiagnosis and Adrenal insufficiency

Heart attacks can be undiagnosed: Although the most severe symptoms of heart attack are hard to miss, there are varying degrees of severity. It is altogether too common for people to die from undiagnosed...read more »

Heart attacks can be overdiagnosed: Although many people die from heart attacks, there are also many cases where people fear that they have a heart attack, but actually have...read more »

Rare heart condition often undiagnosed: The rare heart condition called long QT syndrome can lead to episodes of palpitations and rapid heartbeat. In rare cases, this undiagnosed...read more »

Heart attack can be over-diagnosed: Although heart attack is often undiagnosed, leading to fatality, it can also be over-diagnosed. People become concerned that a condition is a heart attack, whereas there are various less dangerous...read more »

Blood pressure cuffs misdiagnose hypertension in children: One known misdiagnosis issue with hyperension, arises in relation to the simple equipment used to test blood pressure. The "cuff" around the arm to measure blood pressure...read more »

Interstitial cystitis an under-diagnosed bladder condition: The medical condition of interstitial cystitic is a bladder condition that can be misdiagnosed as various conditions such as overactive...read more »

Hypertension misdiagnosis common in children: Hypertension is often misdiagnosed in adults (see misdiagnosis of hypertension), but its misdiagnosis is...read more »

Read more about Misdiagnosis and Adrenal insufficiency

Adrenal insufficiency: Research Doctors & Specialists

Research related physicians and medical specialists:

• Cholesterol Specialists:
  • Clinical Lipidology (Cholesterol/Triglycerides)
  • Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism
• Cardiac (Heart) Specialists:
  • Cardiology (Heart specialists)
  • Pediatric Cardiology (Child Heart Specialists)
  • Cardiothoracic Surgery
  • Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
  • Interventional Cardiology
• Urinary & Bladder Specialists (Urology):
  • Urology (Urinary Specialists)
  • Urological Surgery (Urinary Surgeons)
  • Kidney Doctors (Nephrologists) -- State Directory
• Kidney Health Specialists (Nephrology):
  • Nephrology (Kidney Health)
  • Pediatric Nephrology (Child Kidney Health)
  • Urology (Urinary/Bladder)
  • Kidney Doctors (Nephrologists) -- Local Directory
• more specialists...»

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• Research local specialists including ratings, affiliations, and sanctions.

Hospitals & Clinics: Adrenal insufficiency

Research quality ratings and patient safety measures for medical facilities in specialties related to Adrenal insufficiency:

• Heart Health (Cardiac Care) -- Hospital Quality Ratings
• Kidney Dialysis Centers -- Hospital Quality Ratings
• Kidney Doctors (Nephrologists) -- Ratings and Reports
• Kidney Health (Nephrology) -- Hospital Quality Ratings
• Urinary Health (Urology) -- Hospital Quality Ratings
• more hospital ratings...»

Hospital & Clinic quality ratings » »

Choosing the Best Hospital: More general information, not necessarily in relation to Adrenal insufficiency, on hospital performance and surgical care quality:

• 50 Best Hospitals Report
• Outstanding Patient Experinece Award Winning Hospitals
• Women's Health Best Hospitals
• Patient Safety
• Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence Study (2009)

Adrenal insufficiency: Rare Types

Rare types of diseases and disorders in related medical categories:

• Chronic Major Diseases -- Rare Types:
  • High Cholesterol -- Rare Types
  • Heart Disease -- Rare Types
  • Cancer -- Rare Types
  • Depression -- Rare Types
  • Type 2 Diabetes -- Rare Types
  • Type 1 Diabetes -- Rare Types
  • Hypertension -- Rare Types
  • Hemochromatosis -- Rare Types
  • Metabolic Syndrome -- Rare Types
• more rare diseases...»

Causes of Adrenal insufficiency

• Isolated corticotropin deficiency
• Mycobacterium tuberculosis
• Adrenoleucodystrophy
• Autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome type 1
• Lipoid congenital adrenal hyperplasia
• more causes...»

See full list of 28 causes of Adrenal insufficiency

Read more about causes of Adrenal insufficiency.

More information about causes of Adrenal insufficiency:

• Adrenal insufficiency as a complication caused by other conditions
• Adrenal insufficiency as a symptom

Treatments for Adrenal insufficiency

• Vitamin B5 - possibly used for related vitamin B5 deficiency
• Sodium - possibly used for treatment of related sodium deficiency
• more treatments...»

Read more about treatments for Adrenal insufficiency

News Archives for Adrenal insufficiency

Medical news articles related to Adrenal insufficiency include:

• Organ Failure, Sedative Use in ICU May Lead to Depression
• HIV Vaccine Failure Still Brings Insights
• Failure to Take Seizure Drugs Boosts Death Risk
• more health news...»

Source: HealthDay News

Evidence Based Medicine Research for Adrenal insufficiency

Medical research articles related to Adrenal insufficiency include:

• Are adults taking corticosteroids for adrenal insufficiency at risk of osteoporosis?
• Medical emergencies and resuscitation - standards for clinical practice and training for dental practitioners and dental care
• Standards for the management of patients after cardiac arrest
• Adrenal insufficiency
• Inhaled corticosteroids
• Adrenal Insufficiency (Addison's Disease)
• For dental procedures under local anaesthesia, do patients receiving glucocorticoids require steroid cover?
• Is a beta blocker or ace inhibitor contraindicated in a patient with addisons disease post myocardial infarction?
• more research...»

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Videos for Adrenal insufficiency

Patient Surveys for Adrenal insufficiency

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Reseach about Adrenal insufficiency

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Clinical Trials for Adrenal insufficiency

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Adrenal insufficiency include:

• Adrenal Function in Critical Illness - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Adrenal Function in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Lung Cancer - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Hydrocortisone Versus Hydrocortisone Plus Fludrocortisone for the Treatment of Adrenal Insufficiency in Severe Sepsis - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Fludrocortisone
• Dose Response Relationship for Single Doses of Corticotropin Releasing Hormone (CRH) in Normal Volunteers and in Patients With Adrenal Insufficiency - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Ovine Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone (oCRH)
• Impact of Hydrocortisone Administration on White Blood Cell Gene Expression in Patients With Severe Sepsis - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Hydrocortisone Administration (Standard of Care Therapy)
• more trials...»

See full list of 19 Clinical Trials for Adrenal insufficiency

Adrenal insufficiency: Broader Related Topics

• Adrenal disorders
• more types...»

Types of Adrenal insufficiency

Types of Adrenal insufficiency

• Chronic adrenal insufficiency - usually Addison's disease.
• Acute adrenal insufficiency - may cause Addisonian crisis
• more types...»

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Stories from Users Related to Adrenal insufficiency

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Definitions of Adrenal insufficiency:

Conditions in which the production of adrenal CORTICOSTEROIDS falls below the requirement of the body. Adrenal insufficiency can be caused by defects in the ADRENAL GLANDS, the PITUITARY GLAND, or the HYPOTHALAMUS. - (Source - Diseases Database)

Adrenal insufficiency is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Adrenal insufficiency, or a subtype of Adrenal insufficiency, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)