Adrenal crisis Adrenocortical crisis

addisonian crisis [ adrenal crisis | acute adrenocortical insufficiency | Bernard-Sergent syndrome ]

Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome [ meningococcal Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome | meningococcal hemorrhagic adrenalitis | meningococcal haemorrhagic adrenalitis | fulminant meningococcal sepsis with adrenal apoplexy | purpura fulminans (Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome) ]

adrenal gland | adrenal | suprarenal gland

Year 2000 Computing Crisis | Year 2000 Crisis | Year 2000 Date Crisis | Computer Date Crisis

coping mechanisms in cases of crisis | intervention in crisis | coping strategies in crisis cases | crisis intervention

adrenogenital syndromes, virilizing or feminizing, whether acquired or due to adrenal hyperplasia consequent on inborn enzyme defects in hormone synthesis female:adrenal pseudohermaphroditism | heterosexual precocious pseudopuberty | male:isosexual precocious pseudopuberty | macrogenitosomia praecox | sexual precocity with adrenal hyperplasia | virilization (female)

Definition: A transient disorder that develops in an individual without any other apparent mental disorder in response to exceptional physical and mental stress and that usually subsides within hours or days. Individual vulnerability and coping capacity play a role in the occurrence and severity of acute stress reactions. The symptoms show a typically mixed and changing picture and include an initial state of daze with some constriction of the field of consciousness and narrowing of attention, inability to comprehend stimuli, and disorientation. This state may be followed either by further withdrawal from the surrounding situation (to the extent of a dissociative stupor - F44.2), or by agitation and over-activity (flight reaction or fugue). ...[+++] Autonomic signs of panic anxiety (tachycardia, sweating, flushing) are commonly present. The symptoms usually appear within minutes of the impact of the stressful stimulus or event, and disappear within two to three days (often within hours). Partial or complete amnesia (F44.0) for the episode may be present. If the symptoms persist, a change in diagnosis should be considered. | Acute:crisis reaction | reaction to stress | Combat fatigue Crisis state Psychic shock