"Addison's Disease Symptoms Chart." Copyright 2006 Mike Welch

Addison's Disease Network
A PERSONAL SIGNS & SYMPTOMS CHART FOR PATIENTS:

It has become increasingly evident from listening to patients and from personal experience
that many of us find it difficult, when consulting the doctor whether he or she be
a primary care physician (GP or PCP) or specialist endocrinologist, to concisely remember
all the relevant signs & symptoms when asked.
Patients with Addison's disease often liken this to 'Thinking through fog' or describe it
as 'Brain fog'.
With this in mind we have modified the frequency chart taken directly from our symptoms
report and remodelled it, reproducing it below with 'check boxes' alongside each sign
and symptom. Patients may find it useful to 'tick' the boxes next to each sign & symptom
they personally experience. The form will print out with the ticked boxes intact.
You can then use this as your own personal record of your symptoms, or choose to give
a copy to your doctor your list of symptoms you experience if you wish.
We would like to stress that this information does not remain stored on your PC and the tick
boxes will be blank again next time you come to this page. There is no facility within
this program for us to obtain any information you have entered on this form.
Important:
Please note that very few of the signs & symptoms on the list are individually in any way
specific to Addison's disease, but are merely a list of those which over 100 patients with AD
have disclosed that they experience at various times. We recommend you take time to read
through the Addison's disease survey report on this web site for further information.
We would like to stress that this is NOT a diagnostic service and can in no way take the place
of consulting the appropriate doctor(s).
Some patients with confirmed Addison's may like to keep their own printed charts in order
to monitor the progress of their diagnosed Addison's disease.

Name:		Date:
	Your Sign or Symptom: Tick ALL that apply	Patients with this BEFORE treatment:	Patients with this SINCE start of treatment:
1	Fatigue	93.9%	78.9%
2	Abdominal pain/'stomach ache'	93.0%	92.0%
3	Muscle pain	92.0%	96.0%
4	Painful feet	88.0%	85.0%
5	Extra sleep requirement	87.0%	65.3%
6	Exercise intolerance	83.5%	75.5%
7	Leg cramps	83.0%	92.0%
8	Postural hypotension	83.0%	58.5%
9	Lack of concentration	81.4%	79.8%
10	'Thinking through fog'	79.6%	70.8%
11	Loss of appetite	78.8%	29.5%
12	Nausea	77.8%	51.5%
13	Body weight loss	77.8%	2.2%
14	Slow recovery (illness, etc.)	76.0%	59.8%
15	Irritability	75.2%	75.0%
16	Stress intolerance	74.5%	78.9%
17	Thin dry skin	73.4%	76.6%
18	Inappropriate tanning	72.9%	37.8%
19	Salt craving	72.7%	61.1%
20	Diarrhoea or loose stools	72.5%	63.2%*
21	Hypoglycaemic attacks	72.4%	61.2%
22	Loss of libido	71.8%	71.8%
23	Poor memory	71.4%	75.8%
24	Loss of balance	70.4%	53.7%
25	Mood swings	70.2%	70.3%
26	Headaches/migraines	66.3%	65.3%
27	Temperature intolerance	66.3%	62.8%
28	Disorientation	66.3%	54.9%
29	InsomniaInsomnia	66.0%	75.3%
30	Muscular spasms or 'twitches'	66.0%	56.8%
31	Hypotension	65.2%	44.1%
32	Anxiety	64.6%	57.2%
33	Prone to infections	64.3%	55.3%
34	Excessive flatus	59.2%	73.7%
35	Tingling skin/'pins & needles'	59.2%	51.0%
36	Increased/excessive thirst	58.6%**	53.3%Ж
37	Vomiting	58.6%	21.1%
38	Light sensitivity/night blindness	58.2%	56.4%
39	Constipation	58.1%	58.9%
40	Brittle nails	56.3%	54.8%
41	Dry nose/mouth	56.1%	64.9%
42	Night sweats	55.1%	52.1%
43	Tinnitus	54.1%	47.9%
44	Dry/stinging eyes	52.5%	57.9%
45	Palpitations	52.5%	47.4%
46	Loss of body hair	50.5%	37.9%
47	Visual 'after-images'	48.5%	51.1%
48	Excessive sweating	48.0%	51.0%
49	Indigestion/'heartburn'	48.0%	48.9%
50	Thin dry wispy hair	44.9%	35.8%
51	Irregular periods з	44.3%	45.5%
52	Poor grip	42.9%	38.9%
53	Startle reflex	42.4%	45.3%
54	Spontaneous/easy bruising	41.4%	42.1%
55	Increased no. motions***	40.3%	37.7%
56	Tachycardia	39.8%	32.6%
57	Numb patches skin/muscle	37.1%	30.5%
58	Prone to joint/muscle injury	30.2%	27.2%
59	Fluid retention	22.4%	61.1%
60	Herpes zoster infection	21.0%ЖЖ	6.4%
61	'Hives'	20.6%	25.6%
62	Bradycardia	20.4%	12.6%
63	Hypertension	13.4%	23.9%
64	Body weight gain	11.1%	88.0%
65	Body weight static	11.1%	9.8%
66	EB virus infection	10.8%ЖЖ	0.0%
67	Cholecystectomy	8.0%	10.7% (of remainder)
68	Joint pain	8.0%	5.0%

Name: Date:

Your Sign or Symptom:
Tick ALL that apply Patients with this
BEFORE treatment: Patients with this
SINCE start of treatment:

1 Fatigue 93.9% 78.9%

2 Abdominal pain/'stomach ache' 93.0% 92.0%

3 Muscle pain 92.0% 96.0%

4 Painful feet 88.0% 85.0%

5 Extra sleep requirement 87.0% 65.3%

6 Exercise intolerance 83.5% 75.5%

7 Leg cramps 83.0% 92.0%

8 Postural hypotension 83.0% 58.5%

9 Lack of concentration 81.4% 79.8%

10 'Thinking through fog' 79.6% 70.8%

11 Loss of appetite 78.8% 29.5%

12 Nausea 77.8% 51.5%

13 Body weight loss 77.8% 2.2%

14 Slow recovery (illness, etc.) 76.0% 59.8%

15 Irritability 75.2% 75.0%

16 Stress intolerance 74.5% 78.9%

17 Thin dry skin 73.4% 76.6%

18 Inappropriate tanning 72.9% 37.8%

19 Salt craving 72.7% 61.1%

20 Diarrhoea or loose stools 72.5% 63.2%*

21 Hypoglycaemic attacks 72.4% 61.2%

22 Loss of libido 71.8% 71.8%

23 Poor memory 71.4% 75.8%

24 Loss of balance 70.4% 53.7%

25 Mood swings 70.2% 70.3%

26 Headaches/migraines 66.3% 65.3%

27 Temperature intolerance 66.3% 62.8%

28 Disorientation 66.3% 54.9%

29 InsomniaInsomnia 66.0% 75.3%

30 Muscular spasms or 'twitches' 66.0% 56.8%

31 Hypotension 65.2% 44.1%

32 Anxiety 64.6% 57.2%

33 Prone to infections 64.3% 55.3%

34 Excessive flatus 59.2% 73.7%

35 Tingling skin/'pins & needles' 59.2% 51.0%

36 Increased/excessive thirst 58.6%** 53.3%Ж

37 Vomiting 58.6% 21.1%

38 Light sensitivity/night blindness 58.2% 56.4%

39 Constipation 58.1% 58.9%

40 Brittle nails 56.3% 54.8%

41 Dry nose/mouth 56.1% 64.9%

42 Night sweats 55.1% 52.1%

43 Tinnitus 54.1% 47.9%

44 Dry/stinging eyes 52.5% 57.9%

45 Palpitations 52.5% 47.4%

46 Loss of body hair 50.5% 37.9%

47 Visual 'after-images' 48.5% 51.1%

48 Excessive sweating 48.0% 51.0%

49 Indigestion/'heartburn' 48.0% 48.9%

50 Thin dry wispy hair 44.9% 35.8%

51 Irregular periods з 44.3% 45.5%

52 Poor grip 42.9% 38.9%

53 Startle reflex 42.4% 45.3%

54 Spontaneous/easy bruising 41.4% 42.1%

55 Increased no. motions*** 40.3% 37.7%

56 Tachycardia 39.8% 32.6%

57 Numb patches skin/muscle 37.1% 30.5%

58 Prone to joint/muscle injury 30.2% 27.2%

59 Fluid retention 22.4% 61.1%

60 Herpes zoster infection 21.0%ЖЖ 6.4%

61 'Hives' 20.6% 25.6%

62 Bradycardia 20.4% 12.6%

63 Hypertension 13.4% 23.9%
64 Body weight gain 11.1% 88.0%

65 Body weight static 11.1% 9.8%

66 EB virus infection 10.8%ЖЖ 0.0%

67 Cholecystectomy 8.0% 10.7% (of remainder)

68 Joint pain 8.0% 5.0%

* But decrease in frequency
з Females of childbearing age only
** Inc. 3 diabetics. Ж No more diabetics since
*** 2-3 or more per day
З Of remainder
ЖЖ All cases, 2 yrs pre symptoms - start treatment
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