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Is adrenal insufficiency often accompanied by chest pain?

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Not commonly: Chest pain is not a common symptom in adrenal insufficiency. Most common is nausea, fatigue, generalized weakness and muscle pain.

Answered 3/26/2013

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Dr. Gutti Rao answered

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No: Adrenal insufficiency causes fatigue, hypoglycemia, hypotension, skin pigmentation etc, not chest pain.

Answered 8/27/2015

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