Many patients with adrenal insufficiency or their caregivers cannot administer emergency glucocorticoid injections, resulting ...

Adrenal fatigue describes the theory that high stress can lead to mild adrenal insufficiency. It’s not an officially recognized medical condition but can have underlying causes that shouldn’t ...

WASHINGTON--Children with adrenal insufficiency--a condition in which the adrenal gland does not function properly--are at more than 10 times higher risk for COVID-19 complications and death ...

Dr. Vaduva added, "Our findings show that even low doses of inhaled steroids can lead to adrenal insufficiency, contrary to what one might have thought until now.

Individuals taking steroid tablets for more than 3 months are over 6 times more likely to be diagnosed with adrenal insufficiency than those treated with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs ...

Children with adrenal insufficiency have a higher risk of dying than those with other lifelong conditions, according to research by the University of Manchester and Manchester University NHS ...

Patients with a normal SST but symptoms compatible with adrenal insufficiency had significantly lower basal cortisol levels ...

By week's end, Tristan was near death, saved only by a routine test that showed he suffered from congenital adrenal hyperplasia -- commonly referred to as adrenal insufficiency -- a disease found ...

Other stages of adrenal insufficiency exist. Two of our patients survived for three and six weeks after adrenalectomy without cortisone and were in only mild ill health.

Cortisol release in the face of illness or stress is vital for survival. Relative adrenal insufficiency occurs when a patient's cortisol response is inadequate for the degree of illness or stress.

Patients with adrenal insufficiency, as it’s called, usually notice muscle weakness and wasting. They have nausea and vomiting. She had no such symptoms and was in the middle of her usual workout.

Individuals taking steroid tablets for more than 3 months are over 6 times more likely to be diagnosed with adrenal insufficiency than those treated with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs ...