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About me
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I try to make Wikipedia better with every edit, but please let me know if I make mistakes and I'll try to correct them. For transparency, all my actions are logged here.
I live in St. Louis, Missouri, USA and I help people with hormone problems (such as hypothyroid and hypopituitarism) on health forums.
Here are my stats
Edited articles
Mostly for me to know which articles I should keep track of.
(Those in bold were created or substantially edited by me)
Contributed chart
| Source of pathology | CRH | ACTH | DHEA | DHEA-S | cortisol | aldosterone | renin | Na | K | Causes5 |
| hypothalamus (tertiary)1 | low | low | low | low | low3 | low | low | low | low | tumor of the hypothalamus (adenoma), antibodies, environment, head injury |
| pituitary (secondary) | high2 | low | low | low | low3 | low | low | low | low | tumor of the pituitary (adenoma), antibodies, environment, head injury, surgical removal6, Sheehan's syndrome |
| adrenal glands (primary)7 | high | high | high | high | low4 | low | high | low | high | tumor of the adrenal (adenoma), stress, antibodies, environment, Addison's, injury, surgical removal |
| 1 | Automatically includes diagnosis of secondary (hypopituitarism) |
| 2 | Only if CRH production in the hypothalamus is intact |
| 3 | Value doubles or more in stimulation |
| 4 | Value less than doubles in stimulation |
| 5 | Most common, doesn't include all possible causes |
| 6 | Usually because of very large tumor (macroadenoma) |
| 7 | Includes Addison's disease |
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