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Bookmark or Share- Benign adrenal tumors - Symptoms and causes - Mayo ClinicBenign adrenal tumors are masses that aren't cancer. They form in the adrenal glands. The adrenal glands are part of the endocrine system. These glands make hormones that send messages to nearly every organ and tissue in the body. There are two adrenal glands, one above each kidney. Each gland has two types of tissue: the cortex and the medulla.
- Addison's disease - Symptoms and causes - Mayo ClinicAddison's disease, also called adrenal insufficiency, is an uncommon illness that occurs when the body doesn't make enough of certain hormones. In Addison's disease, the adrenal glands make too little cortisol and, often, too little of another hormone, aldosterone. Addison's disease can affect anyone and can be life-threatening.
- Salt craving: A symptom of Addison's disease? - Mayo ClinicAdrenal insufficiency. Adrenal insufficiency, also called Addison's disease, is a disorder that happens when the body doesn't make enough of certain hormones. In Addison's disease, the adrenal glands, located just above the kidneys, make too little cortisol and, often, too little aldosterone. These hormones control important body functions.
- Hypopituitarism - Symptoms and causes - Mayo ClinicHypopituitarism is a rare condition in which the pituitary gland doesn't make one or more hormones or doesn't make enough hormones. The pituitary gland is a kidney-bean-sized gland at the base of your brain. It is part of the body's system of glands that make hormones, called the endocrine system. The pituitary gland makes several hormones.
- Adrenal fatigue: What causes it? - Mayo ClinicSome people claim that adrenal fatigue is a mild form of adrenal insufficiency caused by chronic stress. The idea is that the adrenal glands can't keep up with the demands of the ongoing fight-or-flight state in the body that chronic stress causes. Existing blood tests, according to this theory, aren't sensitive enough to detect a small drop in ...
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