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My symptoms: dry red cheeks resembling moon face, belly fat, excessive sweating, acne.but cortisol and acth blood test came up normal. is it cushings?

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Try this: Spot cortisol and spot acth levels are less helpful in ruling cushing's in or out than a Dexamethasone suppression test or a couple of others.

Answered 9/29/2016

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A member asked:

My symptoms: dry red cheeks resembling moon face, belly fat, excessive sweating, acne.but cortisol and acth blood test came up normal. is it cushings?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Ed Friedlander answered

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