Not enough of the steroid hormone cortisol and possibly aldosterone are produced, most often due to damage by the body's own immune system in the developed world and tuberculosis in the developing world.
Not enough of the steroid hormone cortisol and possibly aldosterone are produced and tuberculosis in the developing world. This was most often due to damage by the body's own immune system in the developed world. Addison's disease arises from problems with the adrenal gland such this.