Anyone know about Addison's disease?

[wannabe]

I'm sorry for your loss

[flex]

The only thing I know about it is that it affects your body's capability to fight off infection. If it's a quick-acting infection, it could kill you quickly.

But I'm no expert--it's just a guess.

[cinderbella]

I know it affects the adrenal glands - and that's the extent of knowledge I took away from the report I had to do in 7th grade.

So sorry for your loss, mekiakoo

[jlt19]

I'm so sorry for your loss. My dog had it and basically he was lacking the hormone to process stressful situations. I don't know how it presents itself in humans, but usually with dogs it comes about later ib life (though mine was 9 months old when dx).

[zoidberg]

I think it can come on suddenly. I am so sorry for your loss.

[Deleted]

The mayo clinic link is informative.

I'm sorry for your loss.

[cleo29]

I am so sorry for your loss

[roxysoxy]

I'm so sorry for your loss.

A friend of mine has Addison's disease.  The disease came on suddenly while she was in college and she had to take a year off school.  She was in and out of the hospital for months, it took some time for docs to figure out what was going on and then get the disease under control.  

[mellymel]

I'm so sorry about your friend.

I don't know anything about the disease.

[karmasabiotch]

I haven't ever heard of it until this post but I'm so sorry.

[hopecounts]

MIL has it, she developed if quickly (acute onset) but fortunately FIL was around when she got critical (she had 2 kids under 3 at the time so assumed she was just worn out )
She was in the hospital for over a week while they got it under control enough to release her.
It was a year or two before she was really well.


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[nomad100]

I am so sorry for your loss.

Not sure about people but when Willow had her initial incident, she went from normal (if a bit droopy and tired acting) to needing to be hospitalized within 12 hours. If I hadn't brought her in she would have died for sure. I would assume that people could present the same way.

I would think that it could be possible that he had reduced adrenal gland functionality for years and just recently had a total failure.

[cville]

I'm so sorry.

[happyholiday]

I'm sorry.

[tdk2]

I am so very sorry

[Deleted]

That's too bad.

[blessed2bmama]

You can treat Addison's, but when it goes undiagnosed (and it often does)or treatment isn't maintained or adjusted as needed, a person can go into something called addisonian crisis which leads to shock. That's often fatal, and it happens quickly. I'm so sorry for your loss.

[kwynn]

My mom has it. She realized she had it when, after a routine foot surgery, she just was not recovering well at all. She spent 5 days in the hospital.

She likely had it for several years, but it really got serious after the foot surgery. She was vomiting and felt she was going to pass out in bed. She went to the hospital (my dad took her) and she is doing just fine now, ten years later.

But I have no doubt that, had she waited, she would have died. Heart rate very low, etc.

[awick14]

I'm so sorry for your loss.

[mrsukyankee]

I'm so sorry for your loss.

[runforrest]

I'm so very sorry for your loss.

[swsaradee]

My husband has a form of Addison's disease, 21 Hydroxylase deficiency, and has had it since birth. He is on a treatment program of regualar steroid and frequently sees an endocrinologist. He does go in Addison's crisis often which his body's response to any sort of infection.

I am sorry for your loss.

[runblondie26]

Jun 25, 2014 18:26:50 GMT -5 mekiakoo said:

I know it's a rare disease, JFK had this.

Our friend was found dead yesterday and they confirmed that he had the disease.

We are heartbroken, but I am really confused.

Can a person have this disease for many years and go unnoticed? Or does this develop fast, like over a few months?

I know my FIL had it, but I don't know all the details. Apparently it progressed pretty quickly over the course of a year once it was diagnosed. He used running and exercise as part of his treatment to control it. He died of a heart attack while out on run when DH was about 7 years old.

[runblondie26]

mekiakoo I'm so sorry for your loss

[runblondie26]

Jun 26, 2014 14:12:25 GMT -5 mekiakoo said:

Jun 26, 2014 11:44:12 GMT -5 runblondie26 said:

I know my FIL had it, but I don't know all the details. Apparently it progressed pretty quickly over the course of a year once it was diagnosed. He used running and exercise as part of his treatment to control it. He died of a heart attack while out on run when DH was about 7 years old.

I'm sorry about your FIL. Now looking back, it really seems like our friend had the symptoms of the disease for years. Not sure if that's possible without ever getting into an attack or anything. It was like he dropped dead after not feeling well for a day. We think he may have had food poisoning and that just made it fatal.

Yeah, the shock factor makes it even worse.

It was very traumatizing for DH's family, being so sudden. I don't know much about FIL's condition, just that his passing was a complication of Addisons. For self-preservation, DH is pretty closed off about it.

That's sad to hear about your friend's passing. I feel for everyone involved.