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 By: Emeritus Professor of Medicine and Senior Endocrinologist
 Date: August 1997
 Ref: Q2- NO.33 August 1997
 

Q: Does emotional trauma and the stress caused by it affect us with Addison's Disease?

A: While it is necessary to increase the dose of hydrocortisone during physical stress, it is not necessary to take extra doses for emotional or psychological stresses.

 
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