adrenal crisis

pathology

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In Addison disease: Symptoms
…acute adrenal insufficiency, known as adrenal crisis. Adrenal crisis is characterized by fever, vomiting, diarrhea, and a precipitous fall in blood pressure. The patient may go into shock and die unless he is treated vigorously with an intravenous saline solution and with cortisol or other glucocorticoids. Adrenal crisis may occur…
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