Clinica

Question 1

Sintomas

Answer 1

weakness, fatigue, anorexia, abdominal pain, weight loss, orthostatic hypotension, and salt craving; characteristic hyperpigmentation of the skin occurs with primary adrenal failure

Question 2

A specifi c sign of chronic, but not acute, primary adrenal insufficiency is

Answer 2

hyper-pigmentation, which predominantly aff ects areas of skin subjected to pressure (elbows, knuckles, palmar creases, lips, buccal mucosa).