En sjukdom kännetecknad av lågt blodtryck, viktminskning, anorexi, svaghet och ibland av en bronsliknande missfärgning av huden. Den orsakas av tuberkulos eller autoimmuna reaktioner i binjurarna som leder till aldosteron- och kortisonbrist. Utan behandling leder sjukdomen vanligtvis till döden.
An adrenal disease characterized by the progressive destruction of the ADRENAL CORTEX, resulting in insufficient production of ALDOSTERONE and HYDROCORTISONE. Clinical symptoms include ANOREXIA; NAUSEA; WEIGHT LOSS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; and HYPERPIGMENTATION of the SKIN due to increase in circulating levels of ACTH precursor hormone which stimulates MELANOCYTES.
Primär binjurebarksvikt
Disease, Addison — Addison's Disease — Addisons Disease — Primary Adrenal Insufficiency — Adrenal Insufficiency, Primary — Primary Adrenocortical Insufficiency — Adrenocortical Insufficiencies, Primary — Adrenocortical Insufficiency, Primary — Insufficiencies, Primary Adrenocortical — Insufficiency, Primary Adrenocortical — Primary Adrenocortical Insufficiencies — Primary Hypoadrenalism — Hypoadrenalism, Primary — Hypoadrenalisms, Primary