Conn Syndrome, (Hyper-Aldosteronism) A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions

by Kenneth Kee

Overview

Conn Syndrome is a medical disorder in which the adrenal gland secretes too much of the hormone aldosterone into the blood.
Aldosterone is the hormone produced by the adrenal gland that helps regulate the blood pressure by changing the electrolytes levels such as potassium and sodium in the blood.
Excess aldosterone permits the body to hold onto sodium and water and to reduce potassium in unsafe amounts.
This will in turn raise the amount of fluid in the body, and therefore increases the blood pressure.
Conn Syndrome or hyper-aldosteronism can be primary or secondary.
The word "primary hyper-aldosteronism" means that the condition is the result of a problem in the adrenal glands.
Disorders outside of the adrenal glands can also result in too much aldosterone, but these conditions are called secondary hyper-aldosteronism.
Primary hyper-aldosteronism can be the result of either unilateral disease (i.e. hyperactivity in one adrenal gland) or bilateral disease (i.e. over activity of both adrenal glands).
The most frequent causes of primary hyper-aldosteronism are:
1. Unilateral adrenal gland adenoma (2/3)
2. Bilateral adrenal gland hyperplasia (1/3)
Unilateral adrenal gland adenoma or "aldosteronoma" is a benign tumor in one of the adrenal glands that produces too much aldosterone.
In bilateral adrenal gland hyperplasia, both adrenal glands are hyperactive and produce too much aldosterone.
Less frequent causes of primary hyper-aldosteronism are:
1. Unilateral adrenocortical carcinoma (

Product Details

BN ID:	2940153786391
Publisher:	Kenneth Kee
Publication date:	10/17/2016
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
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About the Author

Medical doctor since 1972.

Started Kee Clinic in 1974 at 15 Holland Dr #03-102, relocated to 36 Holland Dr #01-10 in 2009.

Did my M.Sc (Health Management ) in 1991 and Ph.D (Healthcare Administration) in 1993.

Dr Kenneth Kee is still working as a family doctor at the age of 74

However he has reduced his consultation hours to 3 hours in the morning and 2 hours in
the afternoon.

He first started writing free blogs on medical disorders seen in the clinic in 2007 on http://kennethkee.blogspot.com.

His purpose in writing these simple guides was for the health education of his patients which is also his dissertation for his Ph.D (Healthcare Administration). He then wrote an autobiography account of his journey as a medical student to family doctor on his other blog http://afamilydoctorstale.blogspot.com

This autobiography account “A Family Doctor’s Tale” was combined with his early “A Simple Guide to Medical Disorders” into a new Wordpress Blog “A Family Doctor’s Tale” on http://ken-med.com.

From which many free articles from the blog was taken and put together into 1000 eBooks.

He apologized for typos and spelling mistakes in his earlier books.

He will endeavor to improve the writing in futures.

Some people have complained that the simple guides are too simple.
For their information they are made simple in order to educate the patients.
The later books go into more details of medical disorders.

He has published 1000 eBooks on various subjects on health, 1 autobiography of his medical journey, another on the autobiography of a Cancer survivor, 2 children stories and one how to study for his nephew and grand-daughter.

The purpose of these simple guides is to educate patient on health disorders and not meant as textbooks.

He does not do any night duty since 2000 ever since Dr Tan had his second stroke.

His clinic is now relocated to the Buona Vista Community Centre.

The 2 units of his original clinic are being demolished to make way for a new Shopping Mall.

He is now doing some blogging and internet surfing (bulletin boards since the 1980's) starting
with the Apple computer and going to PC.

The entire PC is upgraded by himself from XT to the present Pentium duo core.

The present Intel i7 CPU is out of reach at the moment because the CPU is still expensive.

He is also into DIY changing his own toilet cistern and other electric appliance.

His hunger for knowledge has not abated and he is a lifelong learner.

The children have all grown up and there are 2 grandchildren who are even more technically advanced than the grandfather where mobile phones are concerned.

This book is taken from some of the many articles in his blog (now with 740 posts) A Family Doctor’s Tale.

Dr Kee is the author of:

"A Family Doctor's Tale"

"Life Lessons Learned From The Study And Practice Of Medicine"

"Case Notes From A Family Doctor"