Guest guest Posted November 8, 2009 Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 , " marti_zavala " <marti_zavala@...> wrote: > cortisol levels fluctuate from the beginning of the > illness through the duration. > > I think that it would be safe to say that for a majority > of the population - high cortisol levels are common at the > beginning of the illness as the body fights the trigger, > whatever that may be. Or cortisol will be higher than it was before. If it was low to begin with as in a deficient constitution, then cortisol may come up to " normal " for a while, or higher than it WAS, which would not necessarily be registered as a problem. It would just be seen as life, and the body meeting the challenge. > As the adrenals wear out trying to continue to produce these > high levels for an extended period of time, then a time of low > cortisol has begun and most of us remain there - some form of > adrenal fatigue. > > In later stages of illness, the adrenals mount one last > effort and produce high levels of cortisol until they finally > wear out permanently, no longer adrenal fatigue but adrenal > insufficiency or perhaps even s. The person will usually become quite non-functional and feel lousy all the time before they get to 's level of severity. Many will linger at this moderate level of AF and dysfunction and feeling lousy indefinitely. Most actual 's is caused by an autoimmune disease btw, Sheehan's by unusually high blood loss e.g. in childbirth, and then there's hypopituitary. And erroneous supps for the individual that lower cortisol. > Cortisol, the stress hormone, turns on virus very rapidly and > continues to keep it expressed so inflammatory events as > caused by other pathogens. > > and so do androgens and progesterones which makes sense > in prostate cancer and in the disease in women. " > > Marti Cortisol and testosterone are immunosuppressive, which can be a good thing or a bad thing depending on your own situation. Progesterone metabolizes to cortisol. Carol W. willis_protocols adrenalfatigue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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