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My blood level for cortisol was low 7.6 in the morning i was referred to a endocrine doctor. i feel completely normal. why would it be low?
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Borderlinee3/Why Don: The thing I always ask is why was the test done? There are a variety of reasons for a morning cortisol to be low, the most common is it being to late in the am and a simple repeat solves this. Your history also shows arthritis, if you have been on steroids for as little as a week this can decrease cortisol production in some people. Then there are rarer causes involving the adrenals or pituitary.
Answered 3/12/2016
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