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Insufficiency
(redirected from Adrenal insufficiency)

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INSUFFICIENCY. What is not competent; not enough.


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Twenty-four patients had various underlying diseases, including cardiovascular disorders in 13 patients, diabetes mellitus in 10, hepatobiliary disorders in 6, history of cerebrovascular accidents in 3, chronic renal diseases in 2, pulmonary fibrosis in 1, history of intravenous drug abuse in 1, and adrenal insufficiency in 1.
Although primary adrenal insufficiency is rare, the indirect effects of pathology, illness, medications, and arousal are clinically important.
Type I occurs in children, and adrenal insufficiency may be accompanied by underactive parathyroid glands, slow sexual development, pernicious anemia, chronic candida infections, chronic active hepatitis, and, in very rare cases, hair loss.
 
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