Endocrine Abstracts

Objectives: Addison’s disease diagnostic and management challenges in Africa are not well documented. We aimed to identify the specific needs of patients with established Addison’s disease, across Africa.Methods: An online survey of a large pool of medical practitioners was undertaken. The questionnaire covered patient demographics, aetiology, therapy and limitations of diagnosis and treatment.Results: Of the 36,203 recip...

Background: Addison’s disease is probably under-diagnosed in South Africa, given that the prevalence is considerably lower than reported in Western countries (Chabre O 2017); this is important as patients may be dying from a highly treatable condition. In addition, large populations of HIV and tuberculosis infected patients in South Africa may have some symptoms erroneously attributed to these conditions, rather than Addison’s disease. We determined the prevalence an...