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Addison's Disease Caused By Celiac

River*

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River*
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If a person has Addisons disease caused by Celiac disease, will going gluten free heal the Addison's or greatly improve it maybe?

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IMO, there's no coming back from true Addison's disease. The NIH says that by the time a person is diagnosed with Addison's "at least 90% of the adrenal cortex has been destroyed."

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The solution is to take a physiological dose of steroids (hydrocortisone) and replace what your body is supposed to be making on its own. A gluten-free diet might help to keep Addison's under better control, but it's like type I diabetes or severe Hashimoto's... once the gland is destroyed, that's it.

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IMO, there's no coming back from true Addison's disease. The NIH says that by the time a person is diagnosed with Addison's "at least 90% of the adrenal cortex has been destroyed."

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The solution is to take a physiological dose of steroids (hydrocortisone) and replace what your body is supposed to be making on its own. A gluten-free diet might help to keep Addison's under better control, but it's like type I diabetes or severe Hashimoto's... once the gland is destroyed, that's it.

Thank you, that gives me a better understanding of it.

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Mtndog
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River- Do you have Addison's? I just found out today that I MIGHT have it. How has it affected you?

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