Summary
- Presentation may be acute or insidious, with substantial fatigue and weakness associated with mucocutaneous hyperpigmentation, hypotension and/or postural hypotension, and salt craving.
- ACTH stimulation test is performed to confirm or exclude the diagnosis of Addison's disease.
- All patients receive mineralocorticoid and glucocorticoid replacement for life, and are instructed to increase the dose of glucocorticoid during surgery and during any stressful or infectious conditions.
- Treatment complications arise from over-replacement of mineralocorticoid and/or glucocorticoid.
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- Vitiligo
- Type 1 diabetes
- Haemochromatosis
- HIV-related opportunistic infections
- Osteoporosis
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- Rheumatoid arthritis
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- Antiphospholipid syndrome
- Meningococcal disease
- Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
- Coeliac disease
- Cushing's syndrome
Last updated: Apr 09, 2013
