DOCTOR!!! How to treat Cushing Syndrome?

As promised, WE ARE BACK FOR ANOTHER POST! :) Back to Back!

This post is going to be about treatments for Cushing Syndrome! So, are you excited!!!

As mentioned in the previous post, Cushing Syndrome can be caused by several reasons. Thus different causes will have different treatment!

1st cause: Use of corticosteroid medication for a long period of time.
Corticosteroid medication are normally prescribed for people who had an organ transplant (to prevent organ rejection), inflammation for joints (Arthritis), inflammation due to immune system attacking body tissue/organs (Lupus) and back pain.

Hence, for patients who had Cushing Syndrome due to the use of corticosteroid medication, doctors would usually change the medication or dosage that you are taking currently.

2nd cause: Adrenal gland/ Pituitary gland tumor.         

(a) Adrenal gland tumor.
Surgery is normally used to remove the benign or malignant tumor on the patient Adrenal Gland. 

Chemotherapy/ radiation can be used to treat too!

(b) Pituitary gland tumor
Transsphenoidal adenomectomy,the removal of pituitary tumor through surgery is normally done to remove the tumor. A very special microscope and a very fine instrument are inserted into the patient's nostrils to reach the pituitary gland. 

Surgery can be done again if it fails or if the surgery only provides a temporary cure.




Chemotherapy/ radiation can be used too!

With this we will end off our 7th post for our blog. We will really like to continue but today is Christmas eve so we got to go!!! Soon we will post our 8th post as our Christmas present for you guys!

Bye bye and MERRY CHRISTMAS PEOPLE! Hope you guys will have a great Christmas! :)

Credits:
http://www.medicinenet.com/cushings_syndrome/page4.htm
http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/lupus/basics/definition/con-20019676
http://www.healthline.com/health/cushing-syndrome#Complications6
http://www.healthline.com/health/arthritis#Causes2
http://www.macmillan.org.uk/Cancerinformation/Cancertypes/Brain/Typesofbraintumours/Pituitarytumours.aspx
http://cancerssymptoms.org/adrenal-gland-tumor-symptoms
http://www.share-christmas.com/poems/gingerbread/