Monday, February 28, 2011

Addison’s Disease

Addison’s Disease is a cortisol deficiency syndrome occurred due to various reasons such as Autoimmune disorders, Metastatic Cancers, Infarction, Amyloidsis,Tuberculosis,Hypoadrenalism in steroid therapy and pit. Disease.

Clinical features
  • Pigmentation is often absent in auto immune disease but common in TB creases
  • mouth scars, exposed areas, palms 
  • Vitiligo 
  • Weight loss, vomiting, diahrroea, non specific abdominal pain 
  • Addisonian crisis : shock, hypotension, nyponatraemic due to infection of intercurrent disease 
  • muscle cramps, myalgia 
  • hypoglycaemia 
  • postural hypotension