What is adrenal insufficiency, which cause low blood pressure?
Normally the glomerulosa part of adrenal gland secrets aldosterone in response to angiotensin 2 which is formed by renin secreted by kidneys when there is low blood pressure . the aldosterone reabsorbs water and sodium which means increase in blood pressure there may be two ways of adrenal insuffuciency primary hypoaldosteronism also called addisons disease in which adrenal gland is not able to form aldosteron in reply to high renin and high angitensin 2 so low aldosteron means low blood pressure , low water content , weight loss , low sodium ..
