Secondary causes of hyperaldosteronism are usually due to excess aldosterone production in response to high levels of renin.

醛固酮增多症的继发性原因通常是由于高水平肾素导致醛固酮生成过多。

One key factor is the excess production of offspring.

一个重要因素就是后代的大量繁殖。

Hyperaldosteronism can happen due to primary causes which is where the adrenal gland itself is responsible for the excess production of aldosterone.

醛固酮增多症可以是原发性的，即肾上腺本身产生了过量的醛固酮。

One of those diseases was cystic fibrosis, where a mutated gene causes excess mucus production in the lungs and other organs.

其中一种疾病是囊性纤维化，突变基因会导致肺部和其他器官产生过多的粘液。

A condition where you might have multiple follicular cysts is polycystic ovary syndrome, which is caused by a dysfunction in the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis that causes chronic anovulation, which may lead to amenorrhea, or absent menstruation, and excess androgen production.

患多囊卵巢综合征（PCOS）时，可能会有多个滤泡囊肿产生，由下丘脑-垂体-卵巢轴功能失调导致；这也会造成长期无排卵，进而可能引起闭经，即月经次数减少，和雄激素生成过量。