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Adrenal insufficiency

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)
    • Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome
  • Chronic adrenal insufficiency
    • Addison's disease
    • congenital adrenal hyperplasia
    • antiphospholipid syndrome
    • haemochromatosis
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