{"id":21318,"date":"2025-11-17T01:45:45","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T22:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hastane.ksu.edu.tr\/hastaliklar\/conn-sendromu\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T01:45:45","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T22:45:45","slug":"conn-sendromu","status":"publish","type":"hastaliklar","link":"https:\/\/hastane.ksu.edu.tr\/en\/hastaliklar\/conn-sendromu\/","title":{"rendered":"Primary Aldosteronism (Conn Syndrome)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Definition<\/h2>\n<p>Primary aldosteronism is a disease characterized by hypertension and low blood potassium as a result of excessive secretion of aldosterone hormone from the adrenal glands.<\/p>\n<h2>Symptoms<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Hypertension<\/li>\n<li>Muscle weakness<\/li>\n<li>Headache<\/li>\n<li>Frequent urination<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Reasons<\/h2>\n<p>Adrenal adenoma (Conn syndrome) or bilateral adrenal hyperplasia.<\/p>\n<h2>Diagnosis<\/h2>\n<p>Plasma aldosterone\/renin ratio (ARR), salt loading test, adrenal imaging.<\/p>\n<h2>Treatment<\/h2>\n<p>Surgery (adrenalectomy) for adenoma, mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist (spironolactone, eplerenone) for hyperplasia.<\/p>\n<h2>Which Polyclinic Should You Apply To?<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Endocrinology Polyclinic<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>What to Do in an Emergency?<\/h2>\n<p>In case of muscle paralysis due to severe hypokalemia, emergency services should be consulted.<\/p>\n<p><em>This page is for general information purposes only.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Definition Primary aldosteronism is a disease characterized by hypertension and low blood potassium levels due to excessive secretion of aldosterone hormone from the adrenal glands. Symptoms Hypertension Muscle weakness Headache Frequent urination Causes Adrenal adenoma (Conn syndrome) or bilateral adrenal hyperplasia. Diagnosis Plasma aldosterone\/renin ratio (ARR), salt loading test, adrenal imaging. Treatment Surgery for adenoma (adrenalectomy), mineralocorticoid therapy for hyperplasia [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"slim_seo":{"title":"Primary Aldosteronism (Conn Syndrome) - Kahramanmara\u015f S\u00fct\u00e7\u00fc \u0130mam University Health Practice and Research Hospital","description":"Definition: Primary aldosteronism is a disease characterized by hypertension and low blood potassium levels resulting from excessive secretion of aldosterone hormone from the adrenal glands."},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-21318","hastaliklar","type-hastaliklar","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hastane.ksu.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hastaliklar\/21318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hastane.ksu.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hastaliklar"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hastane.ksu.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/hastaliklar"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hastane.ksu.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hastane.ksu.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hastaliklar\/21318\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hastane.ksu.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}