This disease is progressive as the adrenal glands are slowly dying. We need cortisol replacement for life. Without treatment, this disease will lead to death

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ADDISON DISEASE

Synonyms:
Primary adrenal insufficiency

Symptoms

Darkening of the skin
Lowering blood pressure
Fast heart rate
Lightheadedness
Dizziness

Treatments

Fludrocortisone
Hydrocortisone

Specialist who treat it

Endocrinology

Addison Disease stories


WHEN SECONDARY IS PRIMARY


    Slumping into a chair I lamented to my father, ‘I feel like my life is hanging on a thin strand that could break at any moment.’ It was late October, 1980. How, in a matter of months, did a formerly healthy, animated ...

Views: 1159 Dec 30, 2015, 10:07 PM by Cheryl

LORETTA HEDQUIST'S STORY


It took 9 months before the doctors new what was wrong with me and then i nearly died  ,trying to learn to live with Addision and it is not easy i am so tired and depressed and in pain ,find it very hard to do any thing

Views: 968 by Loretta Hedquist

HOW IT ALL BEGAN.


I was 16 years old and off roading with a four wheeler motor bike. We went up a steep incline and I fell off the back of the bike and broke my fall with my head. I cracked my skull, thus leading to brain swelling and brain injuries. To cut a long sto...

Views: 940 by Vanessa Crawford

MY STORY IS ON UNTOLD STORIES OF THE ER ALREADY YOU CAN LOOK IT UP IT'S CALLED ICE COLD MOM


Views: 897 Sep 30, 2017, 8:34 PM by Shannon

POMC (PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN DEFICIENCY)


My son was diagnosed with POMC before his 2nd birthday in 2010. As far as we know he is the only one in the USA but we are looking. because I have created POMC Island I have been contacted by 3 other families.www.facebook.com/P.O.M.C.Island The Na...

Views: 881 Dec 14, 2015, 7:47 PM by Karen mother to Nate (he has POMC and SIM1)

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