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Acute Adrenal Crisis
Alternate Names : Acute Adrenal Insufficiency, Addisonian Crisis, Adrenal Crisis
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Calling Your Health Care Provider
Call your health care provider if you have Addison's disease and are unable to retain usual medications because of vomiting.
Go to the emergency room or call the local emergency number (such as 911) if symptoms of acute adrenal crisis develop.
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- Memory Loss
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• Definition
• Acute Adrenal Crisis Overview, Causes, & Risk Factors
• Acute Adrenal Crisis Symptoms & Signs
• Acute Adrenal Crisis Prevention
• Acute Adrenal Crisis Diagnosis & Tests
• Acute Adrenal Crisis Treatment
• Acute Adrenal Crisis Prognosis
• Acute Adrenal Crisis Complications
• Calling Your Health Care Provider
• Pictures & Images
Topics that might be of interest to you Diseases & Conditions
• Addison's Disease
• Dehydration
Tests & Exams
• ACTH (Cortrosyn) Stimulation Test
• Cortisol Level
• Glucose Test
• Potassium Test
• Serum Sodium
Other Topics
• Abdominal Pain
• Adrenal Glands
• Blood Pressure - Low
• Confusion
• Consciousness - Decreased
• Fatigue
• Fever
• Flank Pain
• Headache
• Immune Response
• Intravenous
• Joint Pain
• Nausea and Vomiting
• Pulse - Bounding
• Rapid Deep Breathing (Hyperventilation)
• Rashes
• Respiratory
• Seizures
• Shock
• Skin - Abnormally Dark or Light
• Stress and Anxiety
• Sweating - Excessive
• Weakness
• Weight Loss - Unintentional
Review Date : 5/10/2002
Reviewed By : Stephanie Fish, M.D., Division of Endocrinology, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
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