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How is it diagnosed
The health care provider will perform a physical exam and ask about your symptoms and the medicine you are taking
Laboratory test that may be done to diagnose Cushing's syndrome and identify the cause:
🔅Blood cortisol levels
🔅Blood sugar
🔅Salavia cortisol levels
🔅Dexamethasone suppression test
🔅24-hour urine for cortisol and creatinine
🔅ACTH level
🔅ACTH stimulation test
Test to determine the cause or complications may include:
🔅Abdominal CT
🔅ACTH
🔅Pituitary MRI
🔅Bone mineral density