Disorders of the Adrenal Cortex

Disorders related to Adrenal cortex : Two named disorders arise specifically from the adrenal cortex. Hyposecretion of both mineralocorticoids and glucocorticoids causes Addison's disease, marked by low blood sugar, low blood Na+ and high blood K+, increased loss of Na+ and water in urine, and consequent weight loss, weakness, nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea. Hypersecretion of glucocorticoids instead causes Cushing's disease, marked by high blood sugar with glucose appearing in the urine, raised blood Na+, raised …