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| | MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Exogenous adrenal insufficiency |
 | | Calling your health care provider Return to top | | | Minimizing duration and dose of glucocorticoids, use of alternate-day steroids, and use of steroid-sparing agents (for treatment of asthma or arthritis, for example) may help minimize development of exogenous adrenal insufficiency. | | | Symptoms include dizziness, nausea and vomiting, and extreme fatigue, which usually follows a stress on the body such as dehydration, infection, or another illness or injury. |
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http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000370.htm
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| | Most rheumatic diseases are treated with analgetics, NSAIDs (anti-inflammatory drugs), steroids (in serious cases), DMARDs ("steroid-sparing" agents) and monoclonal antibodies, such as the recently introduced infliximab and etanercept. | | | Cytology and chemical pathology of fluid aspirated from affected joints (e.g. |
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http://www.brainyencyclopedia.com/encyclopedia/r/rh/rheumatology.html
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