Cushing's Syndrome

🔬Causes & Risk Factors

• 1Most commonly caused by long-term use of corticosteroid medications prescribed for conditions such as asthma
• 2arthritis
• 3or autoimmune disease
• 4which supplies the body with more cortisol-like hormone than it needs. When arising from the body's own hormone production
• 5the most common cause is a pituitary tumour that stimulates excess cortisol production by the adrenal glands
• 6though tumours of the adrenal glands themselves or other locations can also cause the condition. Obesity
• 7alcohol use disorder
• 8and severe depression can sometimes cause mild cortisol elevation that mimics but is distinct from true Cushing's syndrome.