Who is a famous person that had Addison Disease?

It's a rare illness marked by gradual and progressive failure of the adrenal glands and insufficient production of steroid hormones. Patients with Addison's disease make inadequate amount...

You are certainly more at risk of getting diabetes. Hypothyroidism is a glandular thing, as is Addisons and diabetes is too. If you get one of them you are more at risk of developing others. A...

I have it and it's my understanding that it's fairly rare perhaps 2-3 cases for every 100,000 people. Symptoms are very low blood pressure, very tired, easily exhausted w. heavy breath...

about a year ago I was diagnosed with it, was very bad at one point but i'm doing much better now with taking 15mg hyrocortisone and 0.1 mg florinef daily, I feel almost normal

I have this too since i had Cushings and had my adrenals removed. How are your meds ? Are you on enough cortisol and florinef ? Watch your sodium levels. We seem to be the only people who need ex...

Addison's disease is an endocrine or hormonal disorder that occurs in all age groups and afflicts men and women equally. The disease is characterized by weight loss, muscle weakness, fatigue, ...

I used to be on steriods for about two years. I gains 40 pounds with it. I tried to get rid of the weight by doing arobics with dumbells. I sarted feeling a difference. To lose the weight around my...

I have it and it's not hereditary. However there is a genetic disposition which makes you more likely to get autoimmune diseases in general, but this doesn't mean that you are guarante...