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Addison Disease

Your adrenal glands are just above your kidneys. The outside layer of these glands makes hormones that help your body respond to stress and regulate your blood pressure and water and salt balance. Addison disease happens if the adrenal glands don't make enough of these hormones.

A problem with your immune system usually causes Addison disease. The immune system mistakenly attacks your own tissues, damaging your adrenal glands. Other causes include infections and cancer.

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  1. Addison Disease (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... your blood pressure and water and salt balance. Addison disease happens if the adrenal glands don't ... A problem with your immune system usually causes Addison disease. The immune system mistakenly attacks your own ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/addisondisease.html - Health Topics
  2. Addison disease 
    Addison disease is a disorder that causes the adrenal glands to not produce enough hormones. ... estrogens (female), affect sexual development and sex drive. Addison disease results from damage to the adrenal cortex. ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000378.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  3. Adrenoleukodystrophy 
    ... later in life Impaired adrenal gland function (called Addison disease or Addison-like phenotype) -- adrenal gland does not produce enough ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001182.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  4. Adrenal Gland Disorders (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... are many types of adrenal gland disorders, including: Addison's Disease - a condition in which the adrenal glands ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/adrenalglanddisorders.html - Health Topics
  5. Adrenal Insufficiency and Addison's Disease From the National Institutes of Health (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)  
    Describes adrenal insufficiency, or Addison’s disease, and secondary adrenal insufficiency and the role of the adrenal hormones cortisol and aldosterone.
    https://www.niddk.nih.gov/.../adrenal-insufficiency-addisons-disease - External Health Links
  6. Pernicious anemia 
    ... diseases can also raise your risk. They include: Addison disease Graves disease Hypoparathyroidism Hypothyroidism Myasthenia gravis Loss ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000569.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  7. 24-hour urinary aldosterone excretion test 
    ... Laxative abuse Lower than normal levels may indicate Addison disease , a disorder in which the adrenal glands ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003621.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  8. Aldosterone blood test 
    ... aldosterone, and a condition called primary adrenal insufficiency ( Addison disease ) Very high-sodium diet
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003704.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  9. Addison's Disease: Symptoms and Causes (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)  
    Addison Disease/Symptoms ... Addison Disease ... Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    https://www.mayoclinic.org/.../symptoms-causes/syc-20350293?p=1 - External Health Links
  10. Addison's Disease (American Academy of Family Physicians)  
    Addison Disease/Start Here ... Addison Disease ... American Academy of Family Physicians
    https://familydoctor.org/condition/addisons-disease/?adfree=true - External Health Links
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