President John F. Kennedy had this disease whose symptoms include: inability to maintain glucose levels between meals, plasma Na+ levels drop, blood pH decreases, K+ levels increase, weight loss, and muscular weakness. These are symptoms of
a. hyperadrenalism, or Cushing's syndrome.
b. hypoadrenalism, or Addison's disease.
c. hypothyroidism; myxedema.
d. diabetes mellitus, type I.
e. hyperthyroidism, or Grave's disease
Ans: b. hypoadrenalism, or Addison's disease.
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