TOPICS: Adrenal hormone deficiency, acute, chronic, addison disease, acute adrenal insufficiency, weakness and shock, sudden glucocorticoid withdrawal, cushing syndrome treatment, Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome, bilateral hemorrhagic adrenal gland necrosis, N. meningitidis infection, DIC due to sepsis, low platelet count, petechial rash, abnormal bleeding, hypoglycemia, hyponatremia, hyperkalemia, developed countries, autoimmune destruction, autoimmune polyendocrine syndromes, developing countries, tuberculosis, metastatic lung carcinoma, hypotension, weakness, fatigue, nausea and vomiting, weight loss, primary, adrenal gland, secondary, pituitary gland, tertiary, hypothalamus, hyperpigmentation, hyperkalemia