Practical Strategies for Identifying and Screening for Hypercortisolism - Episode 3
Advances in the Understanding of Hypercortisolism
Experts discuss the long-term health impacts of hypercortisolism, including unresolved comorbidities and increased mortality risk, the consequences of delayed diagnosis, and how the understanding of its clinical presentation has evolved.
Video content above is prompted by the following:How can hypercortisolism affect a patient’s long-term health and quality of life?
- Long-term risks remain for patients even if hypercortisolism remission is achieved, including incomplete resolution of comorbidities, reduced quality of life, and increased mortality risk.
- What are some of the consequences of a delayed or missed hypercortisolism diagnosis?
- Increased risk of cardiometabolic abnormalities, osteoporosis, and psychiatric disorders
- Increase in mortality rate compared with the general population
- How has our understanding of the clinical presentation of hypercortisolism evolved?
- Overt, hallmark symptoms and features vs nonspecific features and symptoms overlapping with chronic disease
