Adrenal cortex hormone is a life important hormone, which helps the body to resist stress. Healthy people produce hormone equivalent to 20-30 mg hydrocortison every 24 hours. Most patients are fine with 20 mg hydrocortison in the morning and 10 mg at night.

 

If you become ill – especially with an infection – and your suprarenal gland function is reduced, it is important that the the body is given added hydrocortison.

 

The most common symptoms of a low level of the hormone are:

1        dizziness

2        stomach ache

3        diarea

4        nausea

5        head ache

6        tiredness

 

The symptoms will increase if the hormone is not injected or provided. If this does not happen the symptoms can be

1        blackening of the eyes

2        severe vomiting

3        low blood pressure

4        unconsciousness (Addison crisis).

 

What to do:

 

If the temparature rises immediately increase the dose of hydrocortison. If the temperature rises to 38 degrees Celsius, the dose is tripled, and at 39 degrees C increased to five times the normal dose.

Keep increasing as long as there is fever, and then lower the dose over 4-5 days.

 

If there is vomiting, the hormone must be injected via veins.

 

If the disease is untreated it can be lethal.

 

Important: All kind of infections must be treated instantly.

 

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