Adrenal Disease Awareness

The National Adrenal Diseases Foundation, along with 3 friends of NADF, share their experiences with adrenal crises. An Adrenal Crisis is the result of an extreme physical or emotional stress that does not get the necessary steroid coverage to meet that stress. A potentially life‐threatening medical emergency, an adrenal crisis requires management in a hospital or emergency department. Typical symptoms are: severe drop in blood pressure causing dizziness, lightheadedness and possibly loss of consciousness, nausea and vomiting, confusion and lethargy, muscle weakness, cramps and headaches.



To learn more about how to prevent and care for an adrenal crisis, look for NADF’s Tools for Life section on NADF’s website: https://www.nadf.us/emergency-handout... or write to us at [email protected]