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Addison’s disease occurs when the adrenal glands do not produce enough of the hormone cortisol and, in some cases, the hormone aldosterone. It may develop in children as well as adults, and may occur as the result of a large number of underlying causes.

Addison’s disease is a uncommon disorder in which the adrenal gland produces insufficient amounts of steroid hormones. Addison’s disease is also called chronic adrenal insufficiency, hypocortisolism or hypocorticism. The disease is characterized by weight loss, muscle weakness, fatigue, low blood pressure, and sometimes darkening of the skin in both exposed and nonexposed parts of the body. In Addison’s disease, your adrenal glands produce too little cortisol, which is one of the hormones in a group called the glucocorticoids. 

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 Tinnitus can in very rare situations be a symptom of such serious problems as an aneurysm or a brain tumor.

Tinnitus is an abnormal noise in the ear. Tinnitus is common nearly 36 million Americans have constant tinnitus and more than half of the normal population has intermittent tinnitus. One of the most common causes of tinnitus is damage to the microscopic endings of the hearing nerve in the inner ear. Advancing age is generally accompanied by a certain amount of hearing nerve impairment, and consequently tinnitus. Some medications (for example, aspirin) and other diseases of the inner ear (Meniere’s syndrome) can cause tinnitus.

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