Primary adrenal insufficiency is linked to both cortisol and mineralocorticoid deficiency. Recent research drew attention to drug-related and infectious causes of adrenal insufficiency.

The most common cause of this type of adrenal insufficiency is autoimmune activity. In fact, 80% to 90% of people with primary adrenal insufficiency have antibodies that target an enzyme that’s ...

Primary adrenal insufficiency - also known under the eponym Addison’s disease - occurs when the adrenal glands situated on top of the kidneys produce inadequate amounts of glucocorticoid and ...

President John F. Kennedy had the condition. In Addison's disease, also called primary adrenal insufficiency, the adrenal glands don't make enough of a hormone called cortisol, or less often ...

Asthenia, gastrointestinal symptoms, hyperpigmentation and hypotension are present in nearly every case of chronic primary adrenal insufficiency. The 2 patients described above showed all these ...

Adrenal insufficiency is broken into three types depending on the underlying cause: primary adrenal insufficiency, when the problem is with your adrenal glands secondary adrenal insufficiency ...

People with adrenal gland disorders, such as primary adrenal insufficiency, in which the gland does not release sufficient hormones, can suffer fatigue, dangerously low blood pressure, coma ...

Plenadren in Primary Adrenal Insufficiency Long-Term Study Data for MRHC in Adults with CAH Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) is a rare genetic condition that results in an enzyme deficiency ...

This guideline covers identifying and managing adrenal insufficiency (hypoadrenalism) in babies, children, young people and adults. It aims to improve the treatment of primary, secondary and tertiary ...

The kits would be used help those with primary or secondary adrenal insufficiency to treat and avoid an adrenal crisis and the need to go to hospital for emergency treatment. The recommendation is ...

You can have either primary, secondary or tertiary adrenal insufficiency. Primary adrenal insufficiency is when your adrenal glands are damaged and can’t make the cortisol you need. They also ...

The phenotype of fatigue, hypotension, electrolyte disarray, and abdominal pain characterizing primary adrenal insufficiency (AI) overlaps significantly with decompensated liver disease.