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Low blood cortisol testing throughout day. but negative addison's testing stim testing. can a person still be symptomatic for low cortisol? without true addison's disease?

Q: low blood cortisol testing throughout day. but negative addison's testing stim testing. can a person still be symptomatic for low cortisol? without true addison's disease?

: Yes. Some develop it ver slowly. Tricky to make diagnosis early on.

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Yes. Some develop it ver slowly. Tricky to make diagnosis early on.

Answered 5/13/2021

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A member asked:

Low blood cortisol testing throughout day. but negative addison's testing stim testing. can a person still be symptomatic for low cortisol? without true addison's disease?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

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