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Addisonâs disease most commonly affects female dogs around four or five years old. This condition is typically caused by injury to the adrenal glandsâ tissue from infection, hemorrhaging, or autoimmune disorders. If your pet is coming off of steroid treatment, the steroid withdrawal may also be causing an imbalance.
Diagnosis is of Addison's disease in dogs is confirmed by a blood test called the ACTH stimulation test. However, because the disease is not very common and has a wide variety of symptoms, the ACTH test is usually done after several other tests are used to rule out more common diseases.