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Symptoms of Adrenal Malfunction

Due to our modern society with the many physical and emotional

stresses, probably half the population possess varying degrees of

adrenal malfunction. As we are under stress for long periods of time

our adrenals produce extra cortisol and norepinephrine. Over time,

our adrenals by producing more hormones than they were made to

comfortably manufacture and secrete, will " burn out " and decrease

their secretion. At that time the body loses its capacity to cope

with stress, you become sicker easier and for longer periods of time,

and perhaps even a nervous breakdown could result.

General symptoms of adrenal malfunction can include (you will

probably exhibit a few but not all of the symptoms), low back,

sacroiliac, and knee pain (due to weak sartorius and/or gracilis

muscles), tired feet with weak ankles and aching calves. You will

probably wear out the heels of your shoes more on the outside (due to

weak tibialis posterior and gastrocnemius muscles). Your eyes will be

very sensitive to light especially when driving at night, and you

might feel a need to wear sunglasses during most summer days.

Depression, hayfever, asthma, bronchitis, colitis, insomnia, learning

disabilities, ulcers (due to increased hydrochloric acid production),

all may be partially due to adrenal malfunction.

If the major malfunction is with excessive production of

mineralocorticoids, muscle spasms and possibly even convulsions could

occur as well as systemic alkalosis (which would manifest in extreme

nervousness). The person might crave foods high in potassium.

Symptoms of a deficiency in aldosterone secretion (with resultant

sodium loss) would include dehydration, excessive perspiration and

urination, increased skin pigmentation, muscle twitching, heart

palpitation.

A female suffering from increased output of androgens may develop

excessive body hair, a deep voice. Cortisone derivatives are often

given due to their function of suppression of adrenal function to

treat this, but the side effects make it a treatment to avoid. In

males excessive androgen can lead to development of breasts.

People that have a diminished output of cortisol can exhibit any of

the following symptoms - they will crave substances that will

temporarily raise their serum glucose level such as caffeine, sweets,

soda or juice, tobacco, marijuana. They will sometimes get dizzy if

they stand up too fast, or they may appear often to be in a daze.

Irritability, headaches, blurred vision, erratic behavior and erratic

energy levels may result. Since cortisol is an anti-inflammatory

hormone, a decreased output over extended periods will make you prone

to inflammatory diseases such as arthritis, bursitis, bronchitis,

colitis, and allergies (many food and pollen allergies disappear when

adrenal function is restored to normal). You will have no reserve

energy and infections can spread quickly.

Excessive cortisol production due to prolonged stresses can decrease

your immunity (see cortisol function #6 earlier in the chapter),

leading to frequent and prolonged illnesses.

Diminished epinephrine output can lead to bronchial restriction

resulting in asthma, and can also alter thyroid function.

Hans Selye' did an interesting experiment and showed that rats that

had their adrenal glands removed were very prone to arthritis, but

when they were given cortisol there were almost no instances of the

disease (due to the side effects of taking cortisol injections, the

answer is to get your adrenals to produce a sufficient amount instead

of relying on medications).

In my practice I have also seen that people with weak adrenals are

more prone to ligamentous sprains when under physical stress than

people with normal adrenals. It is thus especially important for

athletes to keep their adrenals strong.

Causes of Adrenal Malfunction

One of the main authorities on the adrenal glands is Hans Seyle'. He

found that if you are under chronic prolonged stress your adrenal

glands will go through a series of three stages. First they will

begin hyperfunctioning to increase their hormone production and help

you cope with the stress. With chronic stress the glands will become

overtaxed and depleted. If you are still fairly healthy at this point

the adrenals will rebuild themselves and actually hypertrophy (grow

larger). But if the stress continues (remember stress can be

physical, emotional, thermal, environmental, nutritional, etc.) the

glands will again exhaust themselves and begin to underfunction. At

this point in time you have no reserve capacity to handle stressful

situations without overreacting or " going to pieces " . It is our

observation that in the process of rebuilding underfunctioning glands

(adrenals and most other endocrine glands) they will go through a

period of hyper or overfunctioning to try to catch up for lost time

before returning to normal function.

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How do Drs. check the adrenal gland? I go in Nov for all my thyroid work and I

want to get it checked. Suzy

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Symptoms of Adrenal Malfunction

Due to our modern society with the many physical and emotional

stresses, probably half the population possess varying degrees of

adrenal malfunction. As we are under stress for long periods of time

our adrenals produce extra cortisol and norepinephrine. Over time,

our adrenals by producing more hormones than they were made to

comfortably manufacture and secrete, will " burn out " and decrease

their secretion. At that time the body loses its capacity to cope

with stress, you become sicker easier and for longer periods of time,

and perhaps even a nervous breakdown could result.

General symptoms of adrenal malfunction can include (you will

probably exhibit a few but not all of the symptoms), low back,

sacroiliac, and knee pain (due to weak sartorius and/or gracilis

muscles), tired feet with weak ankles and aching calves. You will

probably wear out the heels of your shoes more on the outside (due to

weak tibialis posterior and gastrocnemius muscles). Your eyes will be

very sensitive to light especially when driving at night, and you

might feel a need to wear sunglasses during most summer days.

Depression, hayfever, asthma, bronchitis, colitis, insomnia, learning

disabilities, ulcers (due to increased hydrochloric acid production),

all may be partially due to adrenal malfunction.

If the major malfunction is with excessive production of

mineralocorticoids, muscle spasms and possibly even convulsions could

occur as well as systemic alkalosis (which would manifest in extreme

nervousness). The person might crave foods high in potassium.

Symptoms of a deficiency in aldosterone secretion (with resultant

sodium loss) would include dehydration, excessive perspiration and

urination, increased skin pigmentation, muscle twitching, heart

palpitation.

A female suffering from increased output of androgens may develop

excessive body hair, a deep voice. Cortisone derivatives are often

given due to their function of suppression of adrenal function to

treat this, but the side effects make it a treatment to avoid. In

males excessive androgen can lead to development of breasts.

People that have a diminished output of cortisol can exhibit any of

the following symptoms - they will crave substances that will

temporarily raise their serum glucose level such as caffeine, sweets,

soda or juice, tobacco, marijuana. They will sometimes get dizzy if

they stand up too fast, or they may appear often to be in a daze.

Irritability, headaches, blurred vision, erratic behavior and erratic

energy levels may result. Since cortisol is an anti-inflammatory

hormone, a decreased output over extended periods will make you prone

to inflammatory diseases such as arthritis, bursitis, bronchitis,

colitis, and allergies (many food and pollen allergies disappear when

adrenal function is restored to normal). You will have no reserve

energy and infections can spread quickly.

Excessive cortisol production due to prolonged stresses can decrease

your immunity (see cortisol function #6 earlier in the chapter),

leading to frequent and prolonged illnesses.

Diminished epinephrine output can lead to bronchial restriction

resulting in asthma, and can also alter thyroid function.

Hans Selye' did an interesting experiment and showed that rats that

had their adrenal glands removed were very prone to arthritis, but

when they were given cortisol there were almost no instances of the

disease (due to the side effects of taking cortisol injections, the

answer is to get your adrenals to produce a sufficient amount instead

of relying on medications).

In my practice I have also seen that people with weak adrenals are

more prone to ligamentous sprains when under physical stress than

people with normal adrenals. It is thus especially important for

athletes to keep their adrenals strong.

Causes of Adrenal Malfunction

One of the main authorities on the adrenal glands is Hans Seyle'. He

found that if you are under chronic prolonged stress your adrenal

glands will go through a series of three stages. First they will

begin hyperfunctioning to increase their hormone production and help

you cope with the stress. With chronic stress the glands will become

overtaxed and depleted. If you are still fairly healthy at this point

the adrenals will rebuild themselves and actually hypertrophy (grow

larger). But if the stress continues (remember stress can be

physical, emotional, thermal, environmental, nutritional, etc.) the

glands will again exhaust themselves and begin to underfunction. At

this point in time you have no reserve capacity to handle stressful

situations without overreacting or " going to pieces " . It is our

observation that in the process of rebuilding underfunctioning glands

(adrenals and most other endocrine glands) they will go through a

period of hyper or overfunctioning to try to catch up for lost time

before returning to normal function.