Xander's Inverse

My $20,000 dollar and counting pre-medical education is failing me horrendously when trying to self-diagnose my new MRI

Cushing’s syndrome causes excessive cortisol secretion that leads to increases in blood glucose levels.  For reasons that are unclear, some of the extra glucose is deposited as body fat in locations characteristic for this disease, typically in the abdomen, above the shoulder blades, and in the face.  The abnormal fat distrubutions in the latter two locations are descriptively called a “buffalo hump” and a “moon face” (Like Dwight!).

Also, according to this picture, AIDS AIDS AIDS medication (or HIV, im being ignant) can cause the HUMP!

HOLY AWESOME!

Here’s the link if you’re interested:

http://singularityhub.com/2010/03/09/colorado-doctors-skirt-fda-jurisdiction-to-provide-human-stem-cell-therapies-video/