Hypocortisolemia

Hypocotisolemia, literally means abnormally low level of cortisol in the blood.

Symptoms & Causes

The most common symptoms are fatigue, muscle weakness, loss of appetite, weight loss, and abdominal pain.

Cause

Adrenal insufficiency can be caused by autoimmune disease or suddenly stopping steroid medicines used to treat other conditions, among other causes.

Diagnosis

Doctors diagnose adrenal insufficiency with blood tests. Other tests, such as computed tomography (CT) scans and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), help find the cause of this disorder.

Treatment

Treatment is with steroid replacement therapy.

Dose needs to be adjusted in stressful situations, such as during surgery, illness, or pregnancy; or after a serious injury.

Also see

• Addison's disease – primary adrenocortical insufficiency
• Cushing's syndrome – overproduction of cortisol
• Insulin tolerance test – another test used to identify sub-types of adrenal insufficiency
• Adrenal fatigue (hypoadrenia) – a term used in alternative medicine to describe a believed exhaustion of the adrenal glands

Other names

Adrenal insufficiency

ICD

• ICD 10: E27.1-E27.4
• ICD 9: 255.4

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