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Simon Aylwin
London Endocrinology
What happens if you have too much adrenaline?
Dr Simon Aylwin of London Endocrinology explains that too much adrenaline happens almost entirely because of a tumour in an adrenal gland, and that sometimes this can be a life-threatening condition.
Transcript
Too much adrenaline comes almost entirely when there's a tumour of the adrenal gland, called a pheochromocytoma. Now, those can present in many different ways. Sometimes they're found just by chance, they can be found with high blood pressure, they can be found with odd episodes of anxiety and nervousness, agitation, sweats, found in different variety of ways. Ultimately, that's quite an important condition because if it's left uncontrolled it can lead to a crisis of excess adrenaline, which can be, frankly, a life threatening experience.
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