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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.
This disease can be caused by an autoimmune disorder, infection (for example, tuberculosis), or other rare diseases that cause infiltration and thus destruction of the adrenal glands (for example, sarcoidosis or amyloidosis). The most common cause of Addison's disease in developed countries is autoimmune disorders.