Addison's Disease
Addison's Disease: Introduction
Addison's Disease:
Addison's disease is a rare endocrine or
hormonal disorder that affects about 1 in 100,000 people. It occurs in all
age groups and afflicts men and women ... more about Addison's Disease.
Addison's Disease: A rare progressive hormonal disorder characterized by insufficient production of certain hormones called adrenal corticosteroids.
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causes, and treatments of Addison's Disease is available below.
Symptoms of Addison's Disease
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Addison's Disease: Undiagnosed Conditions
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Misdiagnosis and Addison's Disease
Metabolic syndrome often undiagnosed: Metabolic syndrome, also known as Syndrome X, is
an often overlooked medical condition that causes a cluster of chronic symptoms.
There are often four symptoms...read more »
Heart attacks can be undiagnosed: Although the most severe symptoms of heart attack are hard to miss,
there are varying degrees of severity.
It is altogether too common for...read more »
Heart attacks can be overdiagnosed: Although many people die from heart attacks, there are also
many cases where people fear that they have a heart attack, but actually have something milder.
Some of the...read more »
Adrenal gland disorder difficult to correctly diagnose: Addison's disease, a disorder of the adrenal glands,
causes a variety of symptoms, and is often misdiagnosed in early stages.
Common misdiagnoses include depression or ...read more »
Cushing's disease can be mistaken for depression: Cushing's disease (or similarly Cushing's syndrome) is a possible misdiagnosis for a person...read more »
Cluster of diseases with difficult diagnosis issues: There is a well-known list of
medical conditions that are all somewhat difficult to diagnose, and all can present
in a variety of different severities....read more »
Poorly healing leg rashes a classic sign of chronic disease: Recurring leg rashes,
or poorly healing leg rashes, are a classic sign of undiagnosed diabetes,
particularly of Type 2 diabetes, but also Type 1 diabetes.
They can also occur...read more »
Leg cramps at night a classic sign: The symptom of having leg muscle cramps,
particularly at night, is a classic sign of undiagnosed diabetes.
However, there are also...read more »
Obesity-related conditions undiagnosed in children: A variety of conditions
are associated with obesity (see obesity), but these tend to be undiagnosed...read more »
Pituitary conditions often undiagnosed cause of symptoms: There are a variety of symptoms
that can be caused by a pituitary disorder (see symptoms of pituitary disorders).
For example, fatigue, headache, ...read more »
Addison's disease has a good prognosis: Addison’s disease when treated
with adequate replacement therapy has a good prognosis and life expectancy
approximates normal. Lifelong medical supervision is required for signs...read more »
Rare cases of headache: Headache is
one of the common symptoms presenting in general practice. It needs a sound
diagnostic and management strategy as...read more »
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Addison's Disease: Rare Types
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Causes of Addison's Disease
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Treatments for Addison's Disease
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Addison's Disease: Broader Related Topics
Types of Addison's Disease
Types of Addison's Disease
- Primary Adrenal Insufficiency - 70%, autoimmune destruction of the adrenal cortex
- Secondary Adrenal Insufficiency - caused by a tumor or another underlying cause.
- Tuberculosis-caused Addison's
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Article Excerpts about Addison's Disease
Addison's disease is a rare endocrine or
hormonal disorder that affects about 1 in 100,000 people. It occurs in all
age groups and afflicts men and women equally. The disease is
characterized by weight loss, muscle weakness, fatigue, low blood
pressure, and sometimes darkening of the skin in both exposed and
nonexposed parts of the body.
Addison's disease occurs when the adrenal glands do not produce enough
of the hormone cortisol and in some cases, the hormone aldosterone. For
this reason, the disease is sometimes called chronic adrenal
insufficiency, or hypocortisolism.
(Source: excerpt from Addison's Disease: NIDDK)
Definitions of Addison's Disease:
A glandular disorder caused by failure of function of the cortex of the adrenal gland and marked by anemia and prostration with brownish skin
- (Source - WordNet 2.1)
Addison's Disease is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Addison's Disease, or a subtype of Addison's Disease,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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