0 a condition in which too much aldosterone (= a hormone) is produced in the adrenal cortex (= part of the brain) so that the fluid levels in the body are wrong, leading to high blood pressure
In addition, patients with hyperaldosteronism will have hypernatremia, hypokalemia, and metabolic alkalosis.
In secondary hyperaldosteronism, the excess aldosterone is caused by something outside the adrenal gland that mimics the primary condition.
In patients with hyperaldosteronism, chronic exposure to excess aldosterone does not cause edema as might be expected.
His clinic was leading for years after in research on hyperaldosteronism.
Primary hyperaldosteronism are conditions in which the adrenal gland releases too much of the hormone aldosterone.
Like hyperaldosteronism, it produces hypertension associated with low plasma renin activity, and metabolic alkalosis associated with hypokalemia.
This latter sense may rather be termed refractory hyperaldosteronism.
The cutoff normal individuals from those with primary hyperaldosteronism is significantly affected by the conditions of testing, such as posture and time of day.
