![]() Ironically, President John F Kennedy’s famous suntan was not caused by the youthful active image he liked to portray but by the hyperpigmentation caused by his Addison’s. Misdiagnosis of Addison’s is common, as these symptoms are similar to those of better-known health conditions such as the flu and psychiatric disorders such as depression, anxiety and disordered eating (BMJ, 2019). Symptoms of Addison’s disease include lack of energy and motivation, muscle weakness, low mood, nausea and vomiting, hyperpigmentation, loss of appetite, and unintentional weight loss (NHS, 2018). Addison’s is an incredibly rare disease affecting approximately 100-140 people per million in developed countries (NIH, 2018). In 1855 Thomas Addison described symptoms for an illness now known as Addison’s disease, a chronic condition caused by damage to the adrenal glands (Yamamoto, 2018). ![]()
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