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Adrenal Health and Chronic Fatigue Symptoms
Asking your doctor if its ok to help test your adrenal glands may result in some clinical
confusion. In a world full of
diagnosis and clinical testing, this is one test your doctor may not perform
routinely. Luckily knowing the
basic functions of your glands will give you the power to rebalance them and
get you back to well again.
The adrenal glands are two glandular organs in the back of
your back that control vital functions of your nervous system. They have 4 primary roles when it
comes to regulating your nervous system.
The adrenal glands produce hormones that control fight or flight, blood
flow, natural pain control, and your body’s sex hormones. Your adrenal
health is directly related to how you feel.
The first hormone that is produced is adrenaline. Adrenaline is your bodies fight or
flight hormone. This is the
hormone that is produced when your body needs power and energy quickly. It’s produced in response to stress,
and what commonly has been known as super energy. Many reports of mothers being able to lift a car off of
their child, or perform super strength endeavors are attributed to adrenaline. Too much adrenaline over time can cause
the body to have headaches, nervousness, excessive sweating. heart palpitations,
and anxiety.
The second hormone is nor-epinephrine, which causes massive
amounts of blood flow to go from the central area of the body to the
periphery. In other words, if a
person were running from a tiger why would they need to digest a taco? So the blood goes to the muscles in
response to its need to send blood to the area that it needs-the muscles. The over production of nor-epinephrine
has been shown to correlate with depression.
The third hormone is cortisol. Cortisol is supplied to the body to help the individual deal
with pain during the flight or flight time. Like cortisone, its source pushes
out this hormone to allow you to undergo the feat that you are going to
perform, and not feel the pain from it.
The side effect of prolonged excretion can cause the body to hold onto
weight and the individual can begin to pick up unnecessary weight. Cortisone patients are widely known to
be “puffy” while under the drug and weight gain is a major side effect.
The fourth hormone produced is DHEA, which is the precursor
for hormones such as testosterone, estrogen, and progesterone. Imbalances in this hormone cause
moodiness, irritability, strength loss, increased hair loss, decreased sexual
drive and libido.
Not surprisingly, the etiology of most all health problems
are caused by stress. This
prolonged stress causes the adrenal glands to go into exhaustion. The body must return to a homeostasis,
and if not the body will suffer.
Prolonged periods of adrenal fatigue will result in symptoms commonly
known as adrenal fatigue symptoms.
The adrenals at this point can be exhausted to the point
that their function is slowed down.
They come to a halt, and a person typically will begin to rely or even
crave stimulants such as coffee, tea, energy drinks, and sugar. The upside potential of caring for
adrenal health is that a person can reverse all of the symptoms associated with
chronic fatigue syndrome.
A comprehensive review by a licensed wellness doctor who is
trained in this will assist you in getting your health back to normal. Often times there are many disciplines
within each profession and they focus on different specialties of healing to
achieve desired goals. It would be
important to ask the following questions to your wellness doctor.
1.
Can you explain how the adrenal glands can be
tested in your office?
2.
Do you prescribe a high quality nutritional
supplement for the management of adrenal gland health?
3.
Have you had other successful outcomes in the
past when dealing with this problem?
Chad Faulkner, D.C. at http://oktohelp.com writes this
article
