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- Primary aldosteronism (al-DOS-tuh-ro-niz-um) is a hormonal disorder that leads to high blood pressure. It happens when your adrenal glands make too much of a hormone called aldosterone.
Your adrenal glands make a number of essential hormones, including aldosterone. Usually, aldosterone balances the sodium and potassium in your blood. But too much of this hormone can cause you to lose potassium and hold sodium back. This imbalance can cause your body to retain too much water, which increases your blood volume and pressure. Primary aldosteronism Treatment in Khammam
Treatment options include medication, surgery, and lifestyle changes.
symptoms
Primary aldosteronism often does not cause clear symptoms. The first clue that you may have primary aldosteronism is usually high blood pressure, which is especially difficult to control.
Sometimes primary aldosteronism results in low potassium levels. In this case, you may have:
- Muscle spasms
- Weakness
- Tired
- a headache
- Excessive thirst
- Frequent urination
The reasons
Common conditions that can cause too much aldosterone include:
- A benign growth in an adrenal gland
- Overactivity of both adrenal glands
- There are other much rarer causes of primary aldosteronism including:
Cancer growth on the outer layer of the adrenal gland
A hereditary disease that causes high blood pressure in children and young adults. Primary aldosteronism Treatment in Khammam