The Addison disease is a very rare, chronic condition that means failure of the adrenal glands. For patients with Addison disease, medication is one of the most common words possible, because they have to constantly take steroids I order to treat the Addison’s disease symptoms. Continuing with medication day after day, most patients with Addison’s disease can go in with their lives. This article will discuss what Addison’s disease is and what the Addison’s disease symptoms are.

I will explain now in a few words what Addison disease means, so that everybody can understand this aspect. The adrenal glands which sit somewhere near the kidneys; on top of them more exactly have an inner core which is called medulla. The medulla is the organ that produces adrenaline. The cortex is very important because it produces cortisol and aldosterone. These two substances are extremely important for the proper functioning of the organism because they fight infections and keep bacteria away. Aldosterone is the one that helps you regulate the consumption of salt and regulates everything I your body. So, as you can see, the medulla and the cortex produce some substances which are essential for life.


Addison’s disease is the disease in which the body is unable to adapt to stress and which may lead to a crisis, called the Addisonian crisis, which is a considered a medical emergency. One of the first causes of Addison’s disease is believed to be discovered by Thomas Addison in 1855 as a result of tuberculosis. In the very poor developed countries, the tuberculosis is considered to be the number one cause of Addison’s disease, because in these countries tuberculosis occurs very often. In other more developed countries, the cause of Addison’s disease seems to be the destructive atrophy. The destructive atrophy affects more women than men and it is a very common cause of Addison’s disease. Unfortunately, the cause of atrophy is yet unknown. In some very rare cases, the causes of Addison’s disease are fungal infections or adrenal cancer.


Now, since we have established what Addison disease is and what are the causes of this disease, we will go on and talk about the Addison’s disease symptoms. Some of the most common symptoms of Addison’s disease are extreme weakness and fatigue, as well as nausea, low blood pressure, vomiting and muscular and joint pain. Since the symptoms progress very slowly, patients do not really bother to see a doctor and in most cases do not even believe it id Addison’s disease.



The symptoms I just talked to you about are quite common and can mislead you, but one of the Addison disease symptoms in particular can tell you f you have this disease or not: skin pigmentation. There are many types of Addison diseases. One of them, called polyglandular Addison disease can kill you if you are hocked or surprised. There are only 6 cases known so far worldwide. The polyglandular Addison disease can kill you while you are watching TV and get shocked by a moment or a scene in a movie. Moreover, the patients suffering from polyglandular Addison disease are forbidden scary movies, because the tension and the surprises might kill them.