Cushing’s syndrome?,”Cushing’s syndrome is caused by corticosteroid excess (eg, asthmatic who takes multiple steroid medication). The signs and symptoms of Cushing’s syndrome include fatigue, weight gain, easy bruising, central adiposity, proximal muscle weakness, hyperglycemia, osteopenia and osteoporosis, hypertension, acne, cataracts, and susceptibility to infections. Hypokalemia and hypernatremia are the electrolyte abnormalities most commonly observed due to increased aldosterone production. If severe
the hypokalemia can be treated with an aldosterone antagonist like spironolactone.”