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Cushings syndrome is caused by long-term exposure to too much cortisol, a hormone that your adrenal gland makes. Sometimes, taking synthetic hormone medicine to treat an inflammatory disease leads to Cushing's. Some kinds of tumors secrete a hormone that can cause your body to make too much cortisol.
Cushing's syndrome is rare. Some symptoms are
Your treatment will depend on why you have too much cortisol. If it is because you have been taking synthetic hormones, a lower dose may control your symptoms. If a tumor caused it, surgery and other therapies may be needed. Most of the time, Cushing's syndrome can be cured.
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Cushing's Syndrome - Questions and answers about this disease. Covers symptoms, treatment, diagnosis, and research. From NIDDK.
eMedicine - Cushing Syndrome - Covers background, frequency, history, causes, and other problems to be considered if not discovered in an early stage and acted on.
Cushing' Syndrome Laboratorial Diagnosis - Discusses hypercortisolism and dexamethasone. Aimed at med students.
Cushing's Syndrome - Describes this hormonal disorder in relation to cortisol. Provides causes, tests, how it's diagnosed, and resources. From Neuroendocrine Clinical Center.
Cushing's Syndrome & Cushing's Disease - Describes this pituitary adenoma and provides signs, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment. By UCLA Neurosurgery.
Overactive Adrenal Glands / Cushing's Syndrome - Health guide on this condition that results from adrenal glands producing excess hormones.
Patient information: Cushing's syndrome - Discusses the signs and symptoms of Cushing's along with other useful information for patients on treatments, diagnosis, and effectiveness of treatment.
Auburn University Small Animal Teaching Hospital: Cushings Syndrome - Introduction, signs and symptoms including photographs, complications, diagnosis, therapy, and prognosis.
Cushing's Syndrome treatment in horses - Details the symptoms and diagnosis of Cushing's syndrome in horses and describes various treatment and prevention options available to horse owners.
Cushings syndrom - Om symptom och behandling.