#77: Got Cortisol? Understanding Cushing’s and Addison’s Disease

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🗓️ 21 November 2019

⏱️ 34 minutes

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When looking at endocrine disorders, it’s often helpful to look at them in pairs whenever possible because often the symptoms will mirror one another. In this week’s episode we look at two endocrine conditions related to the adrenal glands: Cushing’s Disease and Addison’s Disease. In this episode we’ll cover: * Basics of Addison’s Disease (also known as adrenal insufficiency) * The differences between primary and secondary adrenal insufficiency * Signs, symptoms, tests and treatments for Addison’s * Complications of Addison’s Disease, including Addisonian Crisis * Basics of Cushing’s Disease (hypercortisolism) * Complications of Cushing’s Disease * Signs, symptoms, tests and treatments for Cushing's Starting nursing school or struggling to keep your head above water? Download the 20 Secrets of Successful Nursing Students here: https://straightanursing.ck.page/4d90f769dc ___________________ Full Transcript - Read the article and view references FREE CLASS - If all you've heard are nursing school horror stories, then you need this class! Join me in this on-demand session where I dispel all those nursing school myths and show you that YES...you can thrive in nursing school without it taking over your life! Study Sesh - Change the way you study with this private podcast that includes dynamic audio formats that help you review and test your recall of important nursing concepts on-the-go. Free yourself from your desk with Study Sesh! 💕Did you love this episode? Please take a moment to follow or subscribe to the show so you never miss an episode! ___________________ The information, including but not limited to, audio, video, text, and graphics contained on this podcast are for educational purposes only. No content on this podcast is intended to guide nursing practice and does not supersede any individual healthcare provider's scope of practice or any nursing school curriculum. Additionally, no content on this podcast is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Straight a Nursing is a proud member of the Airwave Media Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:45.4	podcast this is episode 77 and today we're going to be looking at
0:51.6	Addison's Disease and Cushing's disease.
0:55.9	So a few weeks back in episodes 58 and 61, we looked at an endocrine disorder known as hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism.
1:12.2	You may also refer to those as Hashimoto's thyroiditis
1:16.8	and Graves' disease.
1:18.4	So when I did those episodes separately,
1:21.5	I realized it might have been a little bit more helpful to do them together because when I look at
1:27.2	Indagrin disorders I really do find them helpful if I look at them in pairs when possible. So if there's a disease where the
1:37.2	hyper causes a lot of problems as well as the hypo I like to look at those
1:41.4	together because often the symptoms will be kind of mirror opposites of one another.
1:48.0	So that's how we're going to be doing it today when we're looking at Cushing's disease and Addison's disease.
1:55.9	And before we get into that, I wanted to do a quick listener shout out to Coaster
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