Addison's and Cushing's

I remember it this way....

Adrenal Cortex Diseases begin with A or C

Addison's -Add-A-Sone (steriod) sone's are steriods

Under sectretion...patient goes into shock extremely easy

Cushing's-I remeber by Cush-Man

A mans face on the moon...since individual may have moonface, trunkal obesity, thin extremities, hypergylcemia, immune system suppressed etc...

Graves disease: Their hyper and run their self in the grave

Conn's disease- retention of sodium and water and over secretion of aldosterone

Con "Big Aldosterone"

Well, I have tried twice to post scanned images into two new threads but it's just not happening. If I can figure this out or get it to work in another way, I'll put it up! Sorry.....life happens.

Siri is helping me to figure this out. Yeesh, I hope it's worth it after all! :)

hubbaa -- i love that add-a-sone tip!! thanks a million. rns2b......don't go too out of your way! i really appreciate your effort. mabye i can pm you with my e-mail (or is that not allowed??). anyway thanks again guys,

Addison- too little hormone

Cushing- too many hormone, therefore too many steroids, increase BG, b/c inhibit insulin production, alter immune system, protein synthesis, brittle bones b/c of the steroids

siri is helping me to figure this out. yeesh, i hope it's worth it after all! :)

just wondering if you have choosen your new name yet....exciting!!!

Good Luck On The Nclex!!!!!!!!!!!

just wondering if you have choosen your new name yet....exciting!!!

yep, not too different from the original...see if you can spot the difference when it gets changed! sent a request, don't know how long it'll take.

yep, not too different from the original...see if you can spot the difference when it gets changed! sent a request, don't know how long it'll take.

i'll be watching

The way I remember is:

Adison has the letter D in it which means DOWN (so it's low corticosteroid hormone)

Cushing has the letter U in it which means UP (so it's up as in going up - high amount of the hormone)

Hubba,

I like ur cushman visual - it's easier to remmeber. Thank a lot again. Do you have any other such tips to remember?

And anyone else has such tips? It really makes it so mcuh easier to remember all that info. u are suppose to remember. Plz share if u do. Thank you so much guys.

-moments

I think of Addison's as I need to add some cortisol, and Cushing's as cushy from too much cortisol.

I remember Cushings because the person looks like a pin cushion. They are large trunked and their arms and legs are skinny like pins. Cushings is too much cortisol and I know the S/E of corticosteroids which makes you look like you have cushings.

I believe JFK had Addisons and I remember my professor saying "can you imagine a president who has very little cortisol, therefore decreased stress coping." This is such a bizarre fact that it just always stuck with me.

Abe Lincoln supposedly had acromegaly.

I remember things that way.