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Cushing’s disease is relatively rare, but it affects more women than men. Its unusual and various symptoms may indicate another disease for a long time. The long list of symptoms includes obesity of the face, neck and body, skin problems, seborrhea, hirsutism, but also bone and muscle pain and diabetes.

1. Cushing’s disease has a number of symptoms that are easy to ignore
2. Their occurrence is caused by a benign tumor located in the pituitary gland
3. Treatment of the disease includes tumor resection, which may, however, come back
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Cushing’s disease should not be confused with Cushing’s syndromealthough in the results of the studies in both cases we will be dealing with an excess of cortisol. However, the cause of this disease is different and has to do with benign tumor pituitary gland.

Cushing’s Disease Causes

A healthy pituitary gland secretes the ACTH hormone to stimulate it adrenal glands to produce their hormone (cortisol). Cushing’s disease is a type of overactivity of the anterior pituitary gland. The cause of this hyperfunction is a benign tumor (adenoma) of the pituitary gland, which is located in the middle cranial fossa. Cortisol is a hormone that plays an important role in the body. Its main task is to increase blood glucose in order to stimulate the body and supply more energy, but its excessive secretion is detrimental and leads to a number of ailments.

Symptoms of Cushing’s disease

Cushing’s disease can manifest itself as:

1. arterial hypertension,
2. sexual dysfunction (menstrual disorders in women, sexual frigidity in women and men),
3. diabetes,
4. flaccidity and bone pain,
5. muscle weakness
6. reduced immunity,

and:

1. swollen eyelids
2. acne and seborrhea, blush on the cheeks and excessive hair (in women),
3. mood swings,
4. obesity located on the face, neck, trunk,
5. blue-pink skin stretch marks, located in the lower abdomen, but also on the medial side of the arms and thighs.

The disease is diagnosed primarily on the basis of biochemical tests showing an excess of cortisol in the body and imaging studies of the pituitary gland in the form of magnetic resonance with contrast to visualize the tumor.

Treatment of Cushing’s disease

Treatment of Cushing’s disease involves the removal of a benign adenoma. The procedure can be performed through the sphenoid sinus using ionizing rays or with a laser. Removal of the tumor guarantees cure of the disease, but not necessarily permanent. There is a risk of relapse, so the patient must be under the supervision of an endocrinologist.