What is Addison's Disease?
Addison's disease, which occurs as a result of damage to the adrenal glands due to various infectious diseases, is seen equally in women and men. Middle-aged people are in the risk group. Early menopause, type 1 diabetes, and anemia increase the risk of developing Addison's disease.
Not Seen in Overweight People
If Addison's disease is not treated, the patient's lifespan is at most 3 years. However, today, with endocrine treatments, the changes resulting from the decrease in hormones secreted by the damaged adrenal glands are treated with synthetic hormones. General loss of strength, fatigue, irritability, memory loss (amnesia), rapid heart rate, loss of appetite, sudden weight loss, nausea and vomiting, recurrent diarrhea, digestive system disorders, anemia, darkening of the skin, pain in the head area, sleep disturbances, hallucinations, involuntary muscle movements, and sudden changes in blood pressure are symptoms of Addison's disease. The excessive secretion of melanocyte-stimulating hormone by the body leads to a darkening of the skin color. Depending on the progression of the disease, the skin takes on an almost black appearance. Because salt and water cannot be synthesized in the damaged outer shell of the adrenal glands, the patient is extremely lethargic and weak.
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