{"id":23762,"date":"2025-04-11T10:05:03","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T07:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/endo.gr\/?p=23762"},"modified":"2025-04-11T10:06:44","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T07:06:44","slug":"enea-newsletter-cushings-awareness-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncology-surgery.gr\/en\/enea-newsletter-cushings-awareness-day\/","title":{"rendered":"ENEA Newsletter &#8211; Cushing&#8217;s Awareness Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Cushing&#8217;s Awareness Day<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 <br><br>Dear colleagues,  <br><br><strong>Cushing&#8217;s Syndrome<\/strong> is a rare disorder that occurs when one or both adrenal glands produce too much cortisol. This can cause a range of symptoms, including weight gain, fatigue, and mood changes. This syndrome affects many aspects of your health and is greatly underdiagnosed. Almost four out of five cases are of pituitary origin and 80 % are females.  <br><br>Cushing&#8217;s Awareness Day is observed on April 8, which is the birthday of Dr. Harvey Cushing, the well-known neurosurgeon who was the first to describe the condition in 1912.  <br><br>Early diagnosis and treatment can reverse many features of the disease, but some co-morbidities persist and quality of life remains compromised. Hence, it is important to raise awareness for the signs of Cushing\u2019s syndrome to increase early detection.  <br><br>Minnie G, here redrawn with signs and symptoms of the disease, is one of the first described cases by <strong>Harvey Cushing<\/strong> <strong>(1869\u20131939)<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 <br><br>Common signs and symptoms include:<br> <br>Rapid weight gain (especially in the face and abdomen) <br>\u201cMoon face\u201d (round face) <br>Fat accumulation on the upper back (\u201cbuffalo hump\u201d) <br>Skin changes (purple stretch marks, easy bruising) <br>Muscle weakness Fractures (osteoporosis) <br>Mood disorders (anxiety, depression, irritability) <br>Irregular menstruation or decreased libido \u00a0 <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.sender.net\/email_images\/209133\/images\/all\/picture3.jpg\" alt=\"Image description\"> \u00a0 \u00a0 <br><br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/campaign-statistics.com\/link_click\/dw4PWm-z6Z6LJ8-BD9a2\/5aee03a349702e6e357d267b1b3b49cf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download the infographic below<\/a><\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/campaign-statistics.com\/link_click\/dw4PWm-z6Z6LJ8-BD9a2\/93ee16ca01fe067a5d18a477c2032efe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a> \u00a0 \u00a0 <br><br>This Cushing\u2019s Awareness Day let\u2019s empower patients and healthcare providers to recognize the signs early and ensure timely diagnosis and treatment. Awareness can change lives!  <strong><br><\/strong><br><strong>ENEA President<\/strong><br><br>Davide Carvalho  <br><br><strong>ENEA Gen. Secretary<\/strong><br>Krystallenia Alexandraki \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cushing&#8217;s Awareness Day \u00a0 \u00a0 Dear colleagues, Cushing&#8217;s Syndrome is a rare disorder that occurs when one or both adrenal glands produce too much cortisol. This can cause a range [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3890,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[117,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-announcements","category-announcements"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oncology-surgery.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oncology-surgery.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oncology-surgery.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oncology-surgery.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3890"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oncology-surgery.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23762"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/oncology-surgery.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23762\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23764,"href":"https:\/\/oncology-surgery.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23762\/revisions\/23764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oncology-surgery.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oncology-surgery.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oncology-surgery.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}