Name
HYPOALDOSTERONISM
DESCRIPTION
DETAIL
CAUSES : - INHERITED BIOSYNTHETIC DEFECT - POSTOPERATIVELY FOLLOWING REMOVAL OF ALDOSTERONE SECRETING ADENOMAS - DURING PROTRACTED HEPARIN OR HEPARINOID ADMINISTRATION - SEVERE POSTURAL HYPOTENSIONOTHER TESTS : * URINE SODIUM EXCRETION - INCREASED * SERUM POTASSIUM - INCREASED * ACTH STIMULATION TEST * RESPONSE OF RENIN & ALDOSTERONE LEVELS TO STIMULATION ( UPRIGHT POSTURE, SODIUM RESTRICTION ) SHOULD BE MEASURED - LOW RENIN & ALDOSTERONE LEVELS IS SEEN IN HYPORENENEMIC HYPOALDOSTERONISM. * HIGH RENIN & LOW ALDOSTERONE LEVELS - IN ALDOSTERONE BIOSYNTHETIC DEFECT OR IN SELECTIVE UNRESPONSIVENESS TO ANGIOTENSIN II. * PSEUDOHYPOALDOSTERONISM - RENIN LEVELS ELEVATED BUT ALDOSTERONE LEVELS ARE NOT LOW BUT HIGH. THIS CONDITION CLINICALLY & BIOCHEMICALLY MIMICS HYPOALDOSTERONISM.
TYPENOTES
RELATED DISEASE
Not Available Disease
DISEASE
INVESTIGATION
ACTH STIMULATION TEST, COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT, PLASMA RENIN ANGIOTENSIN