What Is Addisonian Crisis?
5. Autoimmune Causes
As mentioned, the most common cause of an Addisonian crisis is Addison’s disease that has been left untreated. Addison’s disease itself is often a result of an autoimmune condition. This basically means that the patient’s immune system attacks the adrenal gland after wrongly recognizing it as something potentially harmful.
Autoimmune conditions are not at all well understood, making it very difficult to treat them. Patients can be treated with medication that will help to weaken the immune system, but this can make them susceptible to picking up other diseases. In many cases, the patient will need to try and avoid doing anything that might trigger the immune system into attacking their body.
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