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complaining of nausea and chronic fatigue. He reports having
attributed this to stress. He has lost considerable weight and,
felt fatigued and listless for about half a year, but he had
26. Aaron, a 42-year-old single father, goes to his physician
strangely, his skin looks tanned, even though he spends long
hours at work and rarely ventures outside. His doctor finds
very low blood pressure and a rapid, weak pulse. Blood tests
show that Aaron does not have anemia, but his plasma glucose,
cortisol, and Na* are low, and his plasma K* is high. His doctor
orders an ACTH stimulation test, in which Aaron's secretion
of cortisol is measured after he is given a synthetic form of
ACTH. (a) What would account for Aaron's low plasma Na"
and high plasma K*? (b) What is the reason for doing an ACTH
stimulation test? (c) Which gland is primarily affected if ACTH
does not cause a normal elevation of cortisol secretion? What is
his abnormality called? (d) Which gland is primarily affected if
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