Hyperaldosteronism and Conn's Syndrome

A simple explanation of hyperaldosteronism so that you can understand how the renin angiotensin aldosterone system interacts with blood pressure and the causes of both primary and secondary hyperaldosteronism. We look in more detail at adrenal adenomas and renal artery stenosis.

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[azazali]

medical educational videos watching ? now this is how you make a video and this is how you narrate!
no stupid background music, read the material at perfect voice, tone and pitch. well done and thank you!

[DavidKennaway]

Thanks for this. I have this condition and no one has ever explained it to me. Mine is managed with spironolactone and my raging high blood pressure I suffered for 20 years was returned to normal. I was also take off most of my BP meds. It's been a life saver.

[mikhaeel__]

Brilliant explanation! I saw a 20 year old patient today who had uncontrolled HTN despite being on Rx. My consultant told me to rule out secondary causes and I completely forgot about primary and secondary hyperaldosteronism. I just got home and searched for this video, always great having a refresher from time to time. Medicine never ends haha

[funmiade]

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[kellyj.azania]

A very clever np with a very good memory, saved my life. She remembered this lesson from her studies and connected me with an endocrinologist. He found the tumor which she suspected. The tumor is super tiny...too tiny to remove but, large enough to reek havoc (my bp was ridiculously high). So the endocrinologist opted to put me on spironolactone. That was back in 2016. I'm still here! I've had a few TIAs (most likely due to a series of lupus flares) but thank the Lord, I had an extremely rapid recovery for each. For the most part my bp's under control (112/72). I'm pretty positive that had the nurse practitioner not been such an attentive student, I would not be here today.

[fatima]

Physiology 0:30
Primary hyperaldosteronism 2:03
Secondary hyperaldosteronism 2:58
Investigations: 4:47
Management: 5:54
Tip : 6:31

Thanks for this! I have primary hyperaldosteronism and am having my left adrenal gland (the one with the adenoma) removed next week. It's nice to have the underlying biology explained in detail.

[alialnahsabah]

this is one of the best lessons regarding this subject ! thats amazing, one simple note is then in the minute 1:54 the video mentioned aldosterone causes ( potassium secretion ) not to be confused by the clinical presentation of hypokalemia, so dont forget that this is happening inside the distal tubule and thus it will be ( excreted ) in the urine causing the potassium to be low in the bloodstream.

[Eternalvigilance.]

MD's I highly recommend a "CT" scan on the adrenal gland left and right with and without contrast patients sometimes have adrenal adenomas which is a benign tumor That releases one of the three corticosteroids like aldosterone and also potassium ...a routine checkup is also recommended if they're suffering from hypertension or uncontrollable high blood pressure before checking any of these boxes Good luck and long live the free unbiased medical enlightenment!!

[zuzu]

Bro u save my life i don need to go through the lengthy slides. Thank u so much.

[omar-ivxi]

Very simple to understand, brilliant, professional for learning, i recommend it for any doctor prepairing for exams

[lele-mwnk]

loved the video, just figured out my aldosterone to renin ratio is too high so i probably have primary hyperaldosteronism and its so interestign learning about how everything works :)

[nirmalfrancis]

Bilateral adrenal hyperplasia is more common than adrenal adenoma as a cause for hyperaldosteronism(Although previously it was thought otherway around)

[leeschaefer]

Oh my goodness, I am so glad I have found this- what a brilliant resource! Thank you very much! 🙂

[elenamistakidi]

hey, I have final exams in 5 days and I was striving to understand the material from my lecture notes. This video made everything really clear in my head! Thank you!

[nileshkakde]

never understood in my medical school bt now things r very clear thank u for such a smooth explaination..

[Smilinghobii]

That was amazing, time saving, short and crisp. Thank you !!! Will look out more videos!

[puglife]

Laid in the hospital after successful surgery. Less than 24 hours since the tumour and gland removed and already there has been significant improvement.

[roronoazoro]

all my life is awaste bcz of how late i found ur channel,
thank u so much

[KMacFNP]

Keep it up. I'm in the MSN-NP program and I watch your videos daily ;)