MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'addison's disease'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:34:43 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4744807&cid=t_348293_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2011%2F04%2Fdr-thomas-addison%2F Thomas Addison, M.D. was the chief physician at Guys’s Hospital in 1855 when he published his famous paper first describing the connection between disease of the adrenals and the then fatal constellation of symptoms that later came to be named after him. Dr. Thomas Addison (photo courtesy Wikipedia) Addison was a brilliant clinician and diagnostician. He is also credited with recognizing the clinical syndrome of pernicious anemia (vitamin B12 deficiency.) However, he was apparently a poor bedside clinician with a somewhat cold and detached bedside manner. This may have been a result of his lifelong battle with melancholia, which resulted in several suicide attempts throughout his life, including a successful attempt when he pitched himself headfirst off of the second story of a buil... Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4744807 Sat, 23 Apr 2011 10:41:26 +0100 4744807 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4162894&cid=t_348293_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F11%2Fautoantibodies-addisons-disease%2F While the etiology of Addison’s disease can be multifactorial, some cases are notable for the presence of an autoantibody against the adrenal gland, especially 21-hydroxylase. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4162894 Sat, 13 Nov 2010 07:50:00 +0100 4162894 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3502785&cid=t_348293_86_f&fid=38272&url=http%3A%2F%2Flaikaspoetnik.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F04%2F25%2Fthe-doctors-the-patient%2F Once there was a woman with secondary Addison’s disease. She took her replacement medicine (cortisol, thyrax, growth hormone, DHEAs) as she should and everything was reasonably under control. However, gradually she began to feel weak. She often disliked food, sometimes to such an extent that she had an urge to vomit. After a month or [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog) Laika's MedLibLog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3502785 Sun, 25 Apr 2010 15:20:30 +0100 3502785 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3460120&cid=t_348293_86_f&fid=38272&url=http%3A%2F%2Flaikaspoetnik.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F04%2F10%2Firreversible-effects-of-previous-cortisol-excess-on-cognitive-functions-in-cushings-disease%2F April 8th is Cushing’s Awareness Day. This day has been chosen as a day of awareness as it is the birthday of Dr. Harvey Cushing, a neurosurgeon, who discovered this illness. Cushing’s disease is a rare hormone disease caused by prolonged exposure to high levels of the stress hormone cortisol in the blood, whereas Addison’s disease [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog) Laika's MedLibLog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3460120 Sat, 10 Apr 2010 14:03:21 +0100 3460120 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2705107&cid=t_348293_86_f&fid=38272&url=http%3A%2F%2Flaikaspoetnik.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F08%2F17%2Finvisible-chronic-illness-addisons-disease%2F This week the Grand Round will be hosted by Invisible Illness Week, a blog dedicated to the National Invisible  Ilness Week, which runs September 14 -20, 2009. The purpose: National Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Week  (..) is a worldwide effort to bring together people who live with invisible chronic illness and those who love them. Organizations [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog) Laika's MedLibLog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2705107 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 04:06:58 +0100 2705107 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2204978&cid=t_348293_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F02%2Fit-doesnt-get-bleaker-than-this.html With a vestigial foot still in the legal camp, I read the sad story of the death of Robbie Powell. Robbie died when he was ten years old. He died because the medical profession failed to diagnose his Addison’s disease. Addison’s disease is notoriously difficult to diagnose in its early stages, more difficult even than meningitis. It’s a disease, again like meningitis, that haunts family doctors. Once it is diagnosed, through the retrospectoscope, it seems so obvious. In Robbie’s case, however, there can be no excuses:The hospital had suspected he had the disease four months before his death when he had been an inpatient at Morriston Hospital, Swansea. The test to confirm the diagnosis was ordered by the hospital consultant but not performed.The hospital had informed the GPs of the... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2204978 Sat, 21 Feb 2009 09:26:00 +0100 2204978