This patient information fact sheet provides information on the definition, symptoms, causes, diagnostic tests, and treatments for Addison's Disease.

Patients with Addison’s disease are at increased risk for infection, and infectious diseases are likely to provoke adrenal crisis in this population, according to two new studies. Stefanie ...

Ninety percent of people with Addison’s disease have an underlying autoimmune aetiology, meaning that there are frequently co-existing autoimmune disorders. Around 50% of patients with Addison’s have ...

Addison’s disease patients do not produce enough cortisol, so when they have an accident or serious injury, medical staff need to know what medication the individual immediately requires ...

In addition, Addison's patients were significantly more likely to be hospitalised for infectious disease than control groups (3.8/100 person years for Addison's patients, versus 0.8/100 person ...

Physicians work with patients who have Addison’s disease on all the ways to avoid an adrenal crisis, including a plan to ...

A patient whose Addison’s disease has been well-controlled on prednisone 20 mg daily and fludrocortisone (Florinef) 0.1 mg daily now has hypertension that is suboptimally controlled on two ...

TikTok star Taylor Rousseau Grigg, 25, died of “complications from asthma and Addison’s disease,” a representative for her family told Today.com on Thursday. Rousseau Grigg’s death was ...

Treatment of thyroid disease, severe infections, glucagon prescriptions, ... Clinical Indicators of Risk for Addison Disease in Patients With T1D. Roxanne Nelson, BSN, RN | ...

Addison’s Disease Patient Information Sheet. What is Addison’s Disease? Addison’s disease, also known as primary or chronic adrenal insufficiency, is a relatively rare disorder in which the ...