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* Rapid [[obesity|weight gain]], particularly of the trunk and face with sparing of the limbs ([[central obesity]]) | * Rapid [[obesity|weight gain]], particularly of the trunk and face with sparing of the limbs ([[central obesity]]) | ||
*Proximal muscle weakness | |||
* A round face often referred to as a "[[moon face]]" | * A round face often referred to as a "[[moon face]]" | ||
* Excess [[sweating]] | * Excess [[sweating]] | ||
*Headache | |||
* The excess cortisol may also affect other endocrine systems and cause, for example | * The excess cortisol may also affect other endocrine systems and cause, for example | ||
** [[Insomnia]] | ** [[Insomnia]] |
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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.[1]
History
Symptoms
Symptoms of Cushing's syndrome include:
- Rapid weight gain, particularly of the trunk and face with sparing of the limbs (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
- Reduced libido
- Impotence
- Amenorrhoea
- Infertility
- Patients frequently suffer various psychological disturbances, ranging from euphoria to psychosis. Depression and anxiety are also common.[1]
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Yudofsky, Stuart C. (2007). The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences (5th ed.). American Psychiatric Pub, Inc. ISBN 1585622397.