Adrenal insufficiency

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Adrenal insufficiency Classification and external resources
ICD-10	E27.1-E27.4
ICD-9	255.4
eMedicine	emerg/16
MeSH	D000309

In medicine, adrenal insufficiency (or "hypocortisolism") is the inability of the adrenal gland to produce adequate amounts of cortisol in response to stress. See also: Adrenal Fatigue or Hypoadrenia.

Causes can include:

• Acute adrenal insufficiency
  • Addison's disease (autoimmune adrenalitis)
  • Septic shock
  • Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome
  • Addisonian crisis in case of:
    • Discontinuing corticosteroid therapy without tapering the dosage
    • Surgery, illness or any other form of stress in patients with long-term corticosteroid therapy
• Chronic adrenal insufficiency
  • Addison's disease
  • Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
  • antiphospholipid syndrome
  • haemochromatosis

[edit] See also

• Cushing's syndrome
• Insulin tolerance test
• ACTH stimulation test

[edit] External links

• Penn State
• CongenitalAdrenalHyperplasia.org

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