Sentences with phrase «of aldosterone causing»

Eating less sodium decreases the production of aldosterone causing your body to hold on to less water.

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Findings from the Treatment of Preserved Cardiac Function Heart Failure with an Aldosterone Antagonist (TOPCAT) trial, have revealed that adding the medication known as spironolactone (Aldactone) to existing therapy did not significantly reduce the composite time to either death from cardiovascular causes, surviving a cardiac arrest, or hospitalization to manage heart failure in patients with heart failure and a preserved ejection fraction in a study funded by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health.

Potential causes of high blood pressure can include tumors that produce adrenal hormones such as aldosterone and adrenaline, thyroid disorders, obstructive sleep apnea, or acromegaly, a rare condition where excess growth hormone builds up in the bloodstream.

And so what you're saying is that that could be a function of that low aldosterone causing me to shed water because I'm shedding sodium, and in this case, whatever is causing high cortisol or low luteinizing hormone / low free testosterone might also be suppressing aldosterone.

When the increase of aldosterone is caused by a problem in your adrenals, the condition is called primary aldosteronism.

Aldosterone: The major mineralocorticoid, aldosterone is part of the renin - angiotensin system and acts on the distal tubules and collecting ducts of the nephron (the functional unit of the kidney) to cause conservation of sodium, secretion of potassium, increased water retention, and increased blooAldosterone: The major mineralocorticoid, aldosterone is part of the renin - angiotensin system and acts on the distal tubules and collecting ducts of the nephron (the functional unit of the kidney) to cause conservation of sodium, secretion of potassium, increased water retention, and increased blooaldosterone is part of the renin - angiotensin system and acts on the distal tubules and collecting ducts of the nephron (the functional unit of the kidney) to cause conservation of sodium, secretion of potassium, increased water retention, and increased blood pressure.

One cause of fatigue can be low aldosterone in the body.

This greater water intake can cause an increase in hormones such as aldosterone, which increases the amount of urine and sweat produced by the body.

Spironolactone inhibits the effect of aldosterone, a hormone that causes the tubules of the kidneys to retain sodium and water.

Spironolactone inhibits the effect of aldosterone, a hormone that causes the tubules of the kidneys to retain salt and water.

The tumor causes the adrenal gland to produce too much of the hormone aldosterone.

The tumor causes the glands to release too much of each hormone such as cortisol, aldosterone, and aldosterone, sex hormones and catecholamines.

Reduced secretion of aldosterone (a steroid hormone secreted by the Adrenal Cortex); which is the primary mineralocorticoid of the adrenal glands can cause a severe imbalance of minerals in the body; such as potassium, chloride and sodium.