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What are the possible complications?

There are several possible complications of excessive steroids. The most important are:

- Diabetes

- Hypertension

- Tendency to infections

- Fractures caused by osteoporosis and obesity

- Pituitary tumors can grow and cause symptoms by compressing neighboring structures of the brain (leading to headaches and impaired vision).

What is the prognosis?

Cushing’s syndrome is a process that can be fatal if left untreated. Surgical treatment of a tumor can significantly alleviate the symptoms but the disease can recur. If Cushing syndrome is caused by an endocrine tumor does, the prognosis depends on the type of tumor and its aggressiveness. Read the rest of this entry »

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How can we prevent Cushing’s syndrome?

Adrenocortical hormone therapy should be prescribed by the doctor and of course only when strictly necessary. Cortisone and its derivatives (prednisone, prednisolone, dexamethasone, etc.). Are very powerful drugs that, when used properly, can save lives and significantly improve the quality of life of people. However, if it is a misuse of these medications, their side effects can be dangerous.

It is very important, therefore, never use their own initiative those tablets, creams, sprays or other pharmaceutical preparations have been prescribed for someone else.

How can Cushing’s syndrome diagnosed?

The initial examinations and tests can be performed by the physician. However, when there is a strong clinical suspicion of Cushing’s syndrome, the patient should be referred to the endocrinology service at a hospital. The diagnosis is confirmed by several functional tests that measure the concentration of cortisol (the main hormone of the adrenal glands) in both blood and urine. Read the rest of this entry »

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Drug Administration

During prolonged administration of drugs in their composition cortisol group substances with similar effects. These drugs are glucocorticoids or corticosteroids (cortisone, prednisone, prednisolone, dexamethasone, etc.)..

Doctors usually high-dose glucocorticoids for the relief of severe chronic inflammatory diseases such as arthritis or asthma. They are very effective, but when these drugs are used during prolonged symptoms similar to those of patients with excess endogenous glucocorticoid production, ie, there is the so-called “cushingoid habit,” which is the first stage of Cushing’s disease because iatrogenic.

As the disease improves, the dose of drugs administered was reduced or even suspended, so the symptoms disappear exogenous Cushing syndrome. Read the rest of this entry »

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What called Cushing’s syndrome?

Cushing’s syndrome understand all the signs and symptoms that can occur in a person who is subjected to continuous and prolonged exposure to excessive amounts of hormones called glucocorticoids (also called corticosteroids or adrenocortical hormones).

Excessive glucocorticoid administration can come in the form of medicines the doctor prescribes because they are necessary for the relief of disease, usually chronic inflammatory diseases, or because the body produces an excess of these hormones are produced and released into the adrenal glands, endocrine organs located above the kidneys.

Excess glucocorticoids may arise from the presence of an adrenal gland tumor or, more commonly, by the excessive production of a pituitary hormone known as ACTH or ACTH, which in turn stimulates the growth of the adrenal excessive synthesis of glucocorticoids, mainly cortisol. Read the rest of this entry »

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