“El síndrome de Cushing y su influencia en la calidad de vida”

Abstract

Cushing's syndrome is a relatively rare pathology, whose true incidence is unknown worldwide. This pathology is caused when the body is exposed to very high levels of cortisol for a prolonged period. Therefore, the clinical case of a 44-year-old female patient with clear manifestations of Cushing's syndrome is presented and the study is carried out to determine the critical points that led the patient to develop this syndrome. The development of the clinical case involved a bibliographic-documentary, analytical and descriptive methodology to analyze the case through the review of the clinical history and an interview with the patient to obtain available and unavailable information with which it could be concluded that the Risk factors for the development of Cushing's Syndrome were age, sex and corticosteroid intake due to secondary pathology. The design of a nursing care guide aimed at the patient was proposed, considering that it is necessary to guide this type of people on the appropriate way to cope with the pathology, since the clinical picture can be controlled and adequately treated with compliance with medical treatment and necessary care in the home and thus avoid an increase in morbidity and mortality in this human group.