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The document provides definitions for various medical terms including diffuse tanning, orthostasis, and neutropenia, among others. It explains conditions related to hormone levels, such as plasma cortisol and ACTH, and tests like the dexamethasone suppression test. Additionally, it covers symptoms and markers for conditions like Addison's disease and the presence of ketones in the blood and urine.

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The document provides definitions for various medical terms including diffuse tanning, orthostasis, and neutropenia, among others. It explains conditions related to hormone levels, such as plasma cortisol and ACTH, and tests like the dexamethasone suppression test. Additionally, it covers symptoms and markers for conditions like Addison's disease and the presence of ketones in the blood and urine.

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1. Difuse tanning: it is a wide spread darkening of the skin rather than
localized or patchy discoloration.
2. orthostasis: sudden drop of bloood pressure that occurs upon standing
up or sitting.
3. Scant axillary hair: reduced density, sparse amount of ha in the
underarm area (armpit).
4 Neutropenia: condition where blood has too few neutrophils, leaving the
patient highly vulnerable to serious illnesses
5. Hyponatremia: condtion that happens when blood sodium level is lower
than the typical range.
6. Plasma cortisol levels: cortisol is a vita corticosteroid hormone that
helps regulate body stress response, metabolism regulation, immune system
control, cardiac and sleep cycle.
Normal cortisol levels in blood:
Morning: 5-23 mg|dl
Noon: 3-10 mg|dl
7. Anti-adrenal antibodies: autoantibodies are produced by the immune
system that target and destroy the adrenal cortex.
Markers for Addison’s disease.
8. Plasma ACTH: hormone produced by anterior pituitary gland that acts
on the adrenal cortex to regulate the production of cortisol, a vital
stress response steroid hormone.
9. Central obesity: Excessive accumulation of fat around the stomach and
internal organs.
10. Purple striae: fresh active stretch marks.
11. Dexamethasone suppression test: evaluates how the adrenal glands respond
to a synthetic steroid, specifically measuring if cortisol production is
suppressed in the body.
12. 24 hour urine for cortisol and. Creatinine: it measures the amount of free
cortisol and creatinine excreted in urine over one day.
13. Midnight serum cortisol levels: taken around 12:00 am while sleeping are
supposed to be very low, less than 3.6 to 5.4 mg\dl.
14. In-octreotide scanning: nuclea medicine imaging tes used to detect or
monitor rare neuroendocrine tumors by mapping the location in the body.
15. Ketonemia: presence of abnormally high levels of ketone bodies in the
blood occurring when the body breaks down fat for energy instead of
glucose.
16. ketonuria: having high levels of ketones in urine.

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