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Treatment For High Blood Pressure, Hypokalemia, Gastroparesis, High Cortisol Levels?

Ok where do I even begin. I am 19 years old and I already seeing 5 different doctors and for 2 years no one can figure out what wrong with me. I have high blood pressure, hypokalemia- due to excreting large amounts of potassium threw my urine, gastroparesis, dizziness, shakiness, have passed out multiple times and high cortisol levels in the morning and a normal low aldosterone level. Now with all of my symptoms, all my doctors are saying I m to young to have these things and there has to be a reason for it. The question is what is causing all these things to happen to me at such a young age. My mother has many of the same symptoms I do the only difference is she has low blood pressure and mine is high. She has been trying to figure out what s wrong with her for many years and she has just given up. So there is potential for a genetic thing going on here. I m trying to figure it out on my own and with all my doctors and I have gone threw so many blood test and other test like MRI s and ultrasounds. So in the end if you have any clue what could be wrong with me/ my mother please let me know. If you have any questions that you need answered to help figure it out let me know. Thank you for your time.
Mon, 5 May 2014
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U have Cushings disease.. Its either a primary adrenal gland hypersecretion of steroids or increased pituitary ACTH level.. Kindly do blood ACTH level, MRI abdomen for adrenal glands.. Dexamethasone suppression test.. Don't worry.. The disesase can be controlled by surgery if tumour or medicines.. Thanks
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Treatment For High Blood Pressure, Hypokalemia, Gastroparesis, High Cortisol Levels?

U have Cushings disease.. Its either a primary adrenal gland hypersecretion of steroids or increased pituitary ACTH level.. Kindly do blood ACTH level, MRI abdomen for adrenal glands.. Dexamethasone suppression test.. Don t worry.. The disesase can be controlled by surgery if tumour or medicines.. Thanks