What are symptoms of addisons disease

What are the symptoms of addisons disease and cushings disease??

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Addison’s Disease Symptoms. Symptoms of Addison’s Disease could include fatigue, weight loss, vomiting, abdominal pain, weakness, and tired…

Is lack of sex drive a symptom of addisons disease??

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Addison’s Disease Symptoms. Symptoms of Addison’s Disease could include fatigue, weight loss, vomiting, abdominal pain, weakness, and tired…

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i have hypothyroidism, and addisons disease, is vertigilo a symptom of any of these??

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A: You might have one of the Polyglandular Autoimmune Syndromes. Vitiligo which is a skin depigmentation disorder can coexist with any of these syndromes. The reason — Vitiligo is also an autoimmune disorder . The antibodies in your body are going nuts and are destroying your endocrine glands and skin pigment . Other autoimmune disorders that you can experience are Alopecia , Pernicious Anemia , Diabetes and Premature ovarian failure. In conclusion this is not a symptom rather co-existance of another disorder.Hope that helps.

I think I have addisons disease .Doctors ignore my complaint, what do I do?

Q: Does anyone out there have this disease and if so how did you go about getting a diagnosis? What were your symptoms?

A: 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.if you have those symptoms then get a different or a second opinion.

Is it possible to have Addisons Disease without the hyperpigmentation?

Q: If you have every other symptom, including the hormonal test results and low cortisol levels, hyponatremia, and muscle weakness, could a person have addisons? I have had years of health problems, many a result of a pituitary tumor treatment that led to what is diagnosed as hemi-dystonia, along with depression, long periods of hospitalization (up to one month at a time) with adrenal failure and hyponatremia. Then it takes months to build back up to being my baseline healthy. I wouldn’t have ever thought of this, but my sister just had a dog diagnosed with addisons, and she said its almost exactly like what has been happening with me on and off over the past twenty years. One more detail…when I have prednisone treatments for ear infections, my whole body feels better, stronger, and my mind is clearer. It is also the treatment I have had following the adrenal failure.

A: The basics: the adrenal glands (above the kidneys) produce cortisol. The pituitary gland (under your brain) produces a hormone called ACTH, which stimulates the adrenals to produce cortisol. Addison’s disease is a very specific condition – it is when the adrenals are attacked by the immune system and they stop producing cortisol. The pituitary then pumps out lots of ACTH to try and drive the adrenals which have stopped responding. The pigmentation that is SOMETIMES seen in Addison’s disease is a side effect of having very high ACTH. I think you are describing a different problem: if you’ve had a pituitary tumour then it’s possible the pituitary is no longer producing enough ACTH. So the adrenals think they don’t have to do any work and produce less cortisol. This is not Addison’s disease and it’s not adrenal failure (since the adrenals are not diseased) – it’s hypopituitarism (underactive pituitary). If you have a history of a pituitary tumour and have had documented low cortisol and low sodium, then I am absolutely baffled as to why you are not permanently on steroids (hydrocortisone). This could potentially be very dangerous – change your doctor / see an endocrinologist!!