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Addison's disease - Symptom
Alternative Names
Adrenocortical hypofunction; Chronic adrenocortical insufficiency; Primary adrenal insufficiency
Symptoms:
- Changes in blood pressure or heart rate
- Chronic diarrhea
- Darkening of the skin - patchy skin color
- Unnaturally dark color in some places
- Paleness
- Extreme weakness
- Fatigue
- Loss of appetite
- Mouth lesions on the inside of a cheek (buccal mucosa)
- Nausea and vomiting
- Salt craving
- Slow, sluggish movement
- Unintentional weight loss
Signs and tests:
Tests may show:
- Increased potassium
- Low blood pressure
- Low cortisol level
- Low serum sodium
- Normal sex hormone levels
Other tests may include:
This disease may also change the results of the following tests:
- Reviewed last on: 3/18/2008
- Elizabeth H. Holt, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Section of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Yale University. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
References
Stewart PM. The Adrenal Cortex. In: Kronenberg: Williams Textbook of Endocrinology. 11th ed. Saunders Elsevier; 2008:chap 14.
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