Rare Disease Day 2023: Addison's Disease

300 million people worldwide living with a rare disease. Rare disease day, 28th February 2023.

Addison's Disease

9 thousand people in the UK

Diagram showing the position of the adrenal glands on top of the kidneys.

Hursley House staircase.

Camber Sands beach sand dune with blue sky and white clouds.

Piles of salt on fields in Tainan, southern Taiwan.

Panoramic photograph of Southampton General Hospital.

Emergency steroid injection kit.

Extreme weakness, feeling terrible, vomiting, headache
Light-headedness or dizziness on sitting up or standing up
Feeling very cold, uncontrollable shaking;
back, limb or abdominal pain
Confusion, drowsiness, loss of consciousness

give emergency hydrocortisone injection
seek urgent medical attention
call 999, stating "adrenal crisis"

Addison's disease (NHS): https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/addisons-disease/
What is Addison's Disease?: https://www.addisonsdisease.org.uk/what-is-addisons-disease
Information for employers: https://www.addisonsdisease.org.uk/information-for-employers