Adrenal failure

Introduction: Adrenal failure

Description of Adrenal failure

Adrenal failure (medical condition): Adrenal insufficiency is a failure by the adrenal gland to output enough hormones. Severe or chronic cases, see Addison ...more

Adrenal failure: See also:

Adrenal insufficiency:
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  »Symptoms of Adrenal insufficiency
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Adrenal failure: 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.
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Adrenal failure: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Adrenal failure:

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• Adrenal disease
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• CORTICOSTEROIDS
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• Requirement
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Adrenal failure as a Disease

Adrenal failure: Another name for Adrenal insufficiency (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Adrenal insufficiency
  »Symptoms of Adrenal insufficiency
  »Treatments for Adrenal insufficiency

Adrenal failure: Related Diseases

Adrenal failure: Adrenal failure is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Adrenal disorders
• Adrenal conditions
• Endocrine system conditions

Causes of Adrenal failure

Some of the causes of Adrenal failure are included in the list below:

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

See full list of 28 causes of Adrenal failure (Adrenal insufficiency)

Symptoms of Adrenal failure (Adrenal insufficiency)

Some of the symptoms of Adrenal failure incude:

• Fatigue
• Weakness
• Anorexia
• Nausea
• Vomiting

See full list of 11 symptoms of Adrenal failure (Adrenal insufficiency)

Treatments for Adrenal failure (Adrenal insufficiency)

Treatments for Adrenal failure (Adrenal insufficiency) include:

• Vitamin B5 - possibly used for related vitamin B5 deficiency
• Sodium - possibly used for treatment of related sodium deficiency

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Treatment of Adrenal failure: For more treatment information about Adrenal failure, see treatment of Adrenal insufficiency (Adrenal failure)

Adrenal failure: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Adrenal failure:

• Adrenalectomy
• bilateral
• Infectious Disorders
• Blastomycosis
• disseminated
• Cryptococcosis
• Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome
• Tuberculosis
• adrenal
• Metastasis to adrenal glands
• Hypoadrenocort-Hypoparathyroi-Candida
• Polyglandular autoimmune disease
• Amyloidosis

Terms associated with Adrenal failure:

Terms Similar to Adrenal failure:

• Adrenocortical insufficiency
• Corticoadrenal hypofunction
• Hypoadrenalism
• Adrenal cortex insufficiency

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External links related to: Adrenal failure

• eMedicine - Addison Disease : Article by Sylvester Odeke, MD, FACE
• eMedicine - Adrenal Insufficiency : Article by Thomas A Wilson, MD
• eMedicine - Adrenal Insufficiency and Adrenal Crisis : Article by Kevin Klauer, DO, FACEP

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