Acute adrenal insufficiency

All kinds of stress can increase the normal adrenal gland secretion of cortisol, which is about 2-7 times higher than usual. Under severe stress, blood cortisol can be higher than 1mg / L to meet the needs of the body. Where there is primary or secondary, acute or chronic adrenal insufficiency, normal amount of cortisol cannot be produced, and cortisol secretion cannot be increased correspondingly under stress, so a series of adrenocortical hormone deficiencies are produced. Acute clinical manifestations: high fever, gastrointestinal disorders, circulatory collapse, indifferent, atrophy or restlessness, delirium and even coma, called adrenal crisis. A slight miss of diagnosis and treatment will delay the patient's life.