Addison's disease is the common name for hypocortisolism, a defect in the adrenal gland in which sufficient amounts of glucocorticoids and mineralocorticoids are not produced by the gland.
Pheochromocytoma, Addison's disease and Cushing's syndrome are the diseases that are associated with adrenal gland.
Adrenal glands are involved in addison's disease.
Hyperkalemia can also be caused by a disease of the adrenal gland called Addison's disease.
Addison's Disease
The autoimmune inflammation of the adrenal glands is Addison's disease.
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Addison's disease
most common cause of Addison's disease is the destruction and/or shrinking (atrophy) of the adrenal cortex. In about 70% of all cases, this atrophy is believed to occur due to an autoimmune disorder
The psychological disorder associated with low levels of cortisol is known as Addison's disease.
Addison's Disease is a very serious disease that is also known as hypoadrenocorticism.
No, it's not contagious. Addison's disease is a glandular illness. Someone with Addison's can't mess up someone else's glands. That would be horrifying.
There really isn't any particular way to avoid Addison's disease - it is usually an autoimmune reaction that destroys part of the adrenal glands. Other causes include medication toxicity (usually for Cushing's disease) or congenital/genetic defect.