Cushing's syndrome history and symptoms
|
Cushing's syndrome Microchapters |
|
Diagnosis |
|---|
|
Treatment |
|
Case Studies |
|
Cushing's syndrome history and symptoms On the Web |
|
American Roentgen Ray Society Images of Cushing's syndrome history and symptoms |
|
Risk calculators and risk factors for Cushing's syndrome history and symptoms |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Furqan M M. M.B.B.S[2]
Overview
Symptoms of Cushing's syndrome include rapid weight gain, particularly of the trunk and face with sparing of the limbs (central obesity), a round face often referred to as a "moon face", excess sweating, insomnia, reduced libido, impotence, amenorrhoea, infertility and psychological disturbances, ranging from euphoria to psychosis. Depression and anxiety.
Symptoms
Symptoms of Cushing's syndrome include:[1]
- Rapid weight gain, particularly of the trunk and face with limbs sparing (central obesity)
- Proximal muscle weakness
- A round face often referred to as a "moon face"
- Excess sweating
- Headache
- The excess cortisol may also affect other endocrine systems and cause, for example:
- Insomnia
- Decreased libido
- Impotence
- Amenorrhoea
- Infertility
- Patients frequently suffer various psychological disturbances, ranging from euphoria to psychosis. Depression and anxiety are also common.[2]
Furthermore, gastrointestinal disturbances, opportunistic infections and impaired wound healing (cortisol is a stress hormone, so it depresses the immune and inflammatory responses).
Osteoporosis is also a problem in Cushing's Syndrome, as mentioned before, cortisol evokes a stress-like response. The body's maintenance of bone (and other tissues) is therefore no longer one of its main priorities, so to speak.
References
- ↑ Nieman LK (2015). "Cushing's syndrome: update on signs, symptoms and biochemical screening". Eur. J. Endocrinol. 173 (4): M33–8. doi:10.1530/EJE-15-0464. PMC 4553096. PMID 26156970.
- ↑ Yudofsky, Stuart C. (2007). The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences (5th ed.). American Psychiatric Pub, Inc. ISBN 1585622397.