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The deficiency of mineralocorticoids and glucocorticoids causes
Option: 1
Conn’s Syndrome
Option: 2
Cushing’s Syndrome
Option: 3
Addison’s disease
Option: 4
Gynaecomastia
Answers (1)
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As we have studied:
Addison’s disease:
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It is caused by the deficiency of mineralocorticoids and glucocorticoids.
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It is also caused by the destruction of the adrenal cortex in diseases such as tuberculosis.
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Its symptoms include low blood sugar, low plasma Na+, high K+ plasma, increased urinary Na+, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea and a bronze-like pigmentation of the skin.
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Severe dehydration is also common in the person suffering from this disease.
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