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Maybe we will announce the good news first?
The good news is that: we have come to the end of the two adrenal diseases. Basically, we have covered most of the facts of these diseases. But do you guys still remember what we covered? (Forgotten? Never mind, we have a free crash course at the later part of this post.)
So what about the bad news? The bad news is that this post will be the final post for our blog. T.T We are really grateful to have such great and faithful readers. We will miss communicating with you guys through this medium. Let's hope that we will meet again. :D
Okay! Getting back to today's objective!
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These treasures that we found are articles on Cushing Syndrome and Addison Disease. Since they are articles, it will be quite long and hard for us to illustrate on the articles. Thus, we decided to provide you guys with a short overview of what the articles are about. Not to worry, we will provide the URL too!
So for the first article, it will be on a new diagnosis method for Cushing Syndrome.
Overview:
Recently, they have found out that a gene mutation could help with the diagnosis of Cushing Syndrome. This particular gene is the ARMC5 gene. This gene has the ability to promote growth of tumors on our meningeal and adrenal glands. However, this will only happen when mutation of the gene is present. Thus, with the presence of tumors on the Adrenal Gland, it will cause a large production of cortisol. (to continue) -> http://www.hcplive.com/articles/Gene-Mutation-Could-Help-Cushings-Syndrome-Diagnosis
Moving on to the second article, it is on a life of a 13 year old girl who has Addison Disease.
Overview:
Hannah Bowness-Major is an Addison disease patient, she has to take a cocktail of 30 drugs every day. Not only that, she is unable to get too excited or stressed out. Otherwise, her organs will shut down as she is lacking of an important hormone: Cortisol. Due to the lack of cortisol, her immune systems struggles to fight with infections. Due to this, she nearly died when she was only down with a stomach flu as her.......... (to continue) ->http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2657115/The-girl-killed-FUN-Teenager-rare-condition-organs-shut-gets-excited.html
Do read the articles, it is really interesting to read and you will benefit from it.
CRASH COURSE TIME!!!
1.Cushing Syndrome
A disease caused by the presence of large amount of cortisol hormones.
Reasons behind the symptoms?
http://adrenal-land.blogspot.sg/2014/11/reasons-behind-symptoms.html
http://adrenal-land.blogspot.sg/2014/12/reasons-behind-symptoms-part-two.html
Treatment:
- Removal of tumor by Surgery/Radiation/Chemotherapy
- Change the corticosteroid medication or the dosage that one is taking
2. Addison Disease
Reasons behind the symptoms?
http://adrenal-land.blogspot.sg/2015/01/reason-behind-symptoms-of-addison.html
http://adrenal-land.blogspot.sg/2015/01/reasons-behind-symptoms-of-addison.html
Treatment
- Replace the hormone that you are lacking by consuming either hydrocortisone or Fludrocortisone
So with that, we come to the end of our adrenal disorders series! Hope you enjoyed reading our blog! Thank you for staying with us and giving us support! Really grateful!
BYE BYE!
Signing of :
Yu Jun and Mervyn! :D
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https://www.google.com.sg/search?q=addison%27s+disease&es_sm=122&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=tjuoVLDHHIyYuQT934LICw&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ&biw=1517&bih=666&dpr=0.9#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=g6fXBZR6PNf9DM%253A%3BxbxogJs8PWkKaM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fclassconnection.s3.amazonaws.com%252F319%252Fflashcards%252F1117319%252Fjpg%252Faddisons_disease1332524676283.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww2.warwick.ac.uk%252Ffac%252Fmed%252Fstudy%252Fugr%252Fmbchb%252Fsocieties%252Fslime%252Fproducts%252Fhandouts%252Fcushings_addisons_and_acromegaly_ed.pptx%3B1602%3B1203
http://www.neurobodyfit.com/learn-about-cushings-syndrome/
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