The following are the most important diseases or complications that can occur as a result of underdosing* or overdosing of drug therapy in Addison’s disease:
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic disorders (E00-E90).
- Diabetes mellitus (diabetes).
- Dwarfism*
- Cushing’s disease – disease caused by an increased supply of glucocorticoids.
- Addison’s crisis (salt wasting crisis; severe circulatory disturbances that can lead to coma)* – prevalence (disease incidence) of female adults is 93-144/1,000,000.
- Growth disorders in children*
Cardiovascular system (I00-I99)
- Arterial hypertension (high blood pressure).