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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 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 ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/addisondisease.html - Health Topics
  2. Addison disease 
    ... vitiligo ) Certain rare genetic defects may also cause adrenal insufficiency. ... Injury Stress Surgery During an extreme form of adrenal insufficiency, called adrenal crisis , you must inject hydrocortisone right ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000378.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  3. Acute adrenal crisis 
    ... pituitary is injured and cannot release ACTH ( hypopituitarism ) Adrenal insufficiency is not properly treated You've been taking ... additional treatment. Many people with primary or secondary adrenal ... have an emergency syringe with hydrocortisone at home ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000357.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  4. 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
  5. Adrenal Insufficiency (Endocrine Society)  
    There are two types of adrenal insufficiency. This rare condition should not be confused with adrenal fatigue (which is not a true medical condition). Learn the causes, symptoms, ...
    https://www.endocrine.org/.../adrenal-insufficiency - External Health Links
  6. ClinicalTrials.gov: Adrenal Insufficiency From the National Institutes of Health (National Institutes of Health)  
    Addison Disease/Clinical Trials
    https://clinicaltrials.gov/...sufficiency"&aggFilters=status:not rec - External Health Links
  7. Adrenal Insufficiency (For Parents) (Nemours Foundation)  
    Adrenal Gland Disorders/Children ... Adrenal Gland Disorders ... Nemours Foundation
    https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/adrenal-insufficiency.html - External Health Links
  8. Proopiomelanocortin deficiency 
    ... levels of ACTH lead to a condition called adrenal insufficiency, which occurs when the pair of small glands ... the adrenal glands) do not produce enough hormones. Adrenal insufficiency often results in periods of severely low blood ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../condition/proopiomelanocortin-deficiency - Genetics
  9. Autoimmune Addison disease 
    ... preventing hormone production. A shortage of adrenal hormones (adrenal insufficiency) disrupts several normal functions in the body, leading ... PubMed Husebye E, Lovas K. Pathogenesis of primary adrenal insufficiency. Best Pract Res Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2009 Apr; ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../condition/autoimmune-addison-disease - Genetics
  10. Triple A syndrome 
    ... glucose (hypoglycemia). Addison disease, also known as primary adrenal insufficiency, is caused by abnormal function of the small ... addisonianism-alacrima syndrome Achalasia-alacrima syndrome Alacrima-achalasia-adrenal insufficiency neurologic disorder ... Genetic Testing Registry: Glucocorticoid ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/triple-a-syndrome - Genetics
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