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How do you get Addison's Disease?

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The most popular cause of addison's disease is tuberculosis, but in my case I do not really know what the reason was. It is not hereditary, it is caused when the autoimmune system attacks the adrenalin glands, to this day 14 years after having been diagnosed with Addisons I do not know what caused the attack on my adrenalin glands.

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