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FCD? whats her dx? ??????



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F. this is primary adrenal insufficiency. (low BP, hyperpig, low Na, high K, fatigue and weakness...) I am not sure what is the relation with her thyroid problem, could it be autoimmune here too?

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Yes, F

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Yes this is Pri. adrenal insuffiency---stress (thyroiditis) inc the need of cortisol ,which was not evident b4.

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khorshid wrote:
F. this is primary adrenal insufficiency. (low BP, hyperpig, low Na, high K, fatigue and weakness...) I am not sure what is the relation with her thyroid problem, could it be autoimmune here too?

yes you are rt khorshid, this indeed is an autoimmune problem, autoimmune thyroiditis is associated with a lot of other autoiminue problems, adrenals being one of them.

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ACTH stimulation test.

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