Concept explainers
To review:
The following statements regarding the given case study:
(a) Reason for low plasma sodium ion concentration and high plasma potassium.
(b) Reason for doing the Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) stimulation test
(c)The gland that mainly affects in case ACTH does not lead to a normal increase of the cortisol secretion and the name of this abnormality.
(d)The gland that mainly affects in case ACTH causes an increase in the secretion of cortisol.
Introduction:
A 42-year-old single father named Aaron meets his physician with a complaint of nausea and chronic fatigue. Then he reported of having felt listless and fatigued for about half a year. However, he had attributed this toward the stress. The father lost his weight considerably and strangely his skin seems to be tanned and he spends long hours at work and it is rare ventures outside.
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