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Symptoms

Some of the symptoms include extreme weight loss, loss of appetite, low blood pressure, dark and patchy skin, mood swings, muscle weakness, and about half of patients experience nausea and vomiting.

Treatment

You must take substitute steroids daily

Treatment

If you get a minor illness you should remember to get extra fluids and salt into your body

Statistics

1 in 100,000 people have this disease. It usually appears in patients around the age of thirty to fifty most often it occurs in women more often then men

Life Expectancy

Your life expectancy is not shortened very much by this disease

Quality of Life

Current/ On Going Research

Right now , scientists are studying other adrenal hormonal abnormalities, along with Addison's disease, and their using an experimental chemical compund with radioactive idodine in it. They inject it into the patient's vein and they are able to see any abnormalities with the gamma imaging devices

There aren't any major physical or occupational restrictions. You are advised to avoid becoming dehydrated and to wear something that tells of your disease

Additional information

It can be found in dogs, if not treated. it can be fatal. It is chronic condition, meaning once you have it, you have it forever

Sources

  • http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/understanding-addisons-disease-treatments
  • http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000378.htm
  • http://www.medicinenet.com/addison_disease/article.htm
  • http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/understanding-addisons-disease-basics

Diagnose

You must measure the amount of cortisol and aldosterone in the blood and urine to determine if you actually have Addison's Disease

Damage

Also, if you get cancer and certain infections in the kidneys, it causes an autoimmune response that makes it attack them which then damages them so they do not function properly

Causes

This lack of hormone production is caused by damage to the adrenal glands.

Causes

The cause of Addison's disease is the inadequate amount of cortisol and aldosterone being produced by the adrenal glands

Addison's Disease

By:Shelby Saunders

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