Our very own Pauline Whittingham discusses Hydrocortisone, sick day rules, and when to use your emergency injection if you are adrenal insufficient. Whether you are newly diagnosed or a long-term patient, this quick overview will provide you with some vital information and a refresher on how to keep safe.
Pauline is our Endocrine Specialist Nurse here at The Pituitary Foundation, and she runs our nurse helpline 3 days a week, so many of you may recognise her voice from the end of the phone!
If you have any questions for Pauline about this presentation, please leave a comment and we will aim to get your questions answered in the next couple of weeks.
USEFUL LINKS MENTIONED
Addison’s Self-Help Group - leaflets: https://www.addisonsdisease.org.uk/how-to-give-an-emergency-injection-leaflets-for-your-kit
Addison’s Self-Help Group – Emergency injection videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL58H0D1LpwGpqCxw2-xhQ12gdfHEDpSgX
Keeping safe with Adrenal Insufficiency Factsheet: https://www.pituitary.org.uk/information/publications/essential-free-publications/keeping-safe-with-adrenal-insufficiency/
HC Sick Day Rules:
https://www.pituitary.org.uk/information/publications/essential-free-publications/hydrocortisone-sick-day-rules/
Advice for surgery, and later stages of pregnancy: https://associationofanaesthetists-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/anae.14963
NHS Steroid Card: https://www.pituitary.org.uk/news/2020/03/new-nhs-steroid-card/
NHS Steroid Card for Children: https://www.pituitary.org.uk/news/2020/12/new-steroid-card-for-children/
VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
This video is part of The Pituitary Foundation’s Virtual Conference 2021. We’d like to say a huge thank you to Diurnal who have generously sponsored the sessions for this online event. Follow the links below for more info about this event.
Programme: https://pituitary.org.uk/virtual-conference/programme/
Speaker biographies: https://pituitary.org.uk/virtual-conference/speakers/
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THE PITUITARY FOUNDATION:
Our website: https://pituitary.org.uk/
Our Helpline details: https://pituitary.org.uk/support-for-you/helplines/
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MUSIC CREDIT
Groundwork by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3832-groundwork
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
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