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Addison's Disease
Rachel Phelps

Addison's disease (also known as chronic adrenal insufficiency, hypocortisolism or hypocorticism) is a rare endocrine disorder in which the adrenal gland produces insufficient amounts of steroid hormones . It may develop in children as well as adults, and may occur as the result of a large number of underlying causes. The condition is named after Dr Thomas Addison, the British physician who first described the condition in his 1855 On the Constitutional and Local Effects of Disease of the Suprarenal Capsules. The adjective "Addisonian" is used for features of the condition, as well as patients with Addison's disease.
Addison's disease is a disorder of the adrenal glands, called Primary Adrenal Insufficiency. Addison's can also be caused by inadequate secretion of ACTH, which stands for Adrenocorticotropic hormone, by the pituitary gland; it can also be caused by Tuberculosis. Less common causes are chronic infection, manly fungal infections.......

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