by main | May 17, 2025 | Uncategorized
About the Adrenal Glands Located at the top of each kidney, the adrenal glands are triangular shaped hormone producing glands which regulate several important functions of the human body. They secrete the following important hormones: Glucocorticoids which help...
by main | May 17, 2025 | Uncategorized
In this second post about adrenal disorders we are looking at Cushing’s disease and Cushing’s syndrome where patients are found to have had high blood levels of cortisol over a long period of time. It is most common in women aged 25 to 45; there are 2 per...
by main | May 11, 2025 | Uncategorized
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) is an uncommon inherited condition which affects 1 in 12,000 babies in most European populations. Although it is passed down from your parents, the condition only develops if you inherit the mutated gene from both mother and...
by main | May 10, 2025 | Uncategorized
Usually occurring from early to mid-adulthood, Phaeochromocytoma is a rare type of (usually non-cancerous) tumour that develops in the centre of one or both adrenal glands – specifically from the chromaffin cells. Most people are unaware of these tumours until...
