What are your Addison's Symptoms? - Addison's Disease Message Board

RRR · 04-08-2003, 03:14 PM

Could you guys post your Addison's Symptoms for me?

I am seeing a Nephrologist for the following symptoms:

High Blood Pressure (doc calls it bad a$$ hypertension)
(high blood pressure started 6months ago)
nausia
diarrhea
vomit once a week
upper left chest pains
bad to severe flushing of the neck and lower face
(flushing has been going on for about 8 years)
occassional pain in right flank
once after eating supper & drinking a beer i stood up and passed out

I tested ok on TSH, ESR and Urine Analysis
The urine cortisol must have come back weird cause they called me to do a 24hr cortisol urine.
Havent heard back on the urine ANA
Havent heard back on the serum somatostatin & serotonin

I dont know what disease he is testing me but wanted to compare notes with you guys.

Thank You!

Equinox · 04-10-2003, 02:00 PM

High blood presssure is not typically a symptom of addison's as far as I know, typically it presents with low blood pressure (however, that does not mean that Cushing's -- which is the opposite of addison's disease -- does not present with high blood pressure. Cushing's might be a possibility as to why the doc is doing the cortisol test. The vomiting and diahrea are seen in cases of addison's disease, and certainly the standing up and passing out bit, as well. Sounds sort of funky, I hope that they figure out what is going on soon and get you all fixed up. I'd like to know what they find out. Why are you seeing a nephrologist???

am · 04-10-2003, 04:54 PM

Have they looked into your symptoms possibly being caused by a pheochromocytoma?

CanadianConvict · 04-11-2003, 01:42 AM

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