How Would You Know If You Had Adrenal Fatigue?
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What is Adrenal fatigue?
* Tired for no reason?
* Get weary especially when faced with stress?
* Having trouble getting up in the morning?
* Need coffee, tea or sugary treats to keep going during the day?
If your answer is yes to any one of the above questions, you could be feeling letargic because of the effects from Adrenal Fatigue. It is the latest condition affecting much of the population in the industrialized world. It is truly the 21st century physical condition. Adrenal fatigue can occur in anyone who has severe or constant physical or emotional stress in their life. It also can be a contributing factor in other ailments such as being overweight, reactions to food and the environment. Despite the fact that adrenal fatigue affects millions of people traditional medicine does not identify or treat it as a medical condition.
This physical problem has had other names and the problem has described as a reduced adrenal gland function, very low adrenal action, a never-ending fatigue. This problem can make your life very difficult. Adrenal fatigue is generated when the adrenal gland cannot meet the body's requirements. The adrenal gland is vital to supplying the secretion of the correct hormones that create the energy for the body from the food and supplements taken. The level of physical and mental pressure that is being faced by a person is what decides the need that is put on the adrenal glands to create more hormones. In very bad situations, the gland is operating so far below how it should be that the individual is extremely exhausted throughout the day and can only be active for a short period of time. In today's society people can experience stress demands every few minutes. Because the adrenal manages many of the hormones for the body to function well, if the demand out-weighs the production, it can affect the water and mineral balance, converting food and supplements to energy, protein utilization, utilization of sugar properly, coronary regulation and libido. Life has periods where upsetting situations and physical overloads occur, if the adrenal cannot meet the demand with the correct amount of hormone production, you can become lethargic and fatigued.
What kind of people get adrenal fatigue?
At some time in our lives we all can suffer from a lowered production of adrenal. Getting sick, losing a job or a loved one or even a trying plight are apt to make even a well person suffer from a lowered adrenal function. Certain factors can make you prone to adrenal fatigue. These include habits such as being a cigarette smoker, narcotics, not getting enough rest, bad food choices, too much stress and like smoking, drugs, too little sleep, poor diet or too many pressures and reoccurring immunity problems that result in infections.
Is adrenal fatigue rare or common?
After 9-11 the incidence of stress induced physical illnesses increased. Since the attack over 80% of North Americans have suffered from adrenal fatigue in some way. The illness varies from short-term, temporary conditions to a more severe condition that casuess loss of strength or energy to a huge degree and lasting for a long-term period.
How would you know if you were suffering from Adrenal fatigue? The following points to look for, if it occurs often, can possibly be Adrenal fatigue:
* If you very often feel tired for no apparent reason.
* Can't get out of bed in the morning even if you go to bed at a reasonable hour.
* Feeling rundown with no energy or completely swamped.
* Not able to bounce back easily from a sickness or physical/mental pressures
* Experience strong cravings for sweet or salty snacks?
* Feeling best only in the evening?
Other physical problems that are influenced by adrenal fatigue
* Hypoglycemia which means that the blood sugar level is too low
* Aching tissues and muscles
* Diabetes
* Infections that occur over and again
* Allergies
* Chronic inflammation of the joints
* Irregularities occurring with sleep
* Difficult Menopause
* Faulty coordination of the balance of female hormones
Adrenal fatigue is an important health problem and should be handled. It could be diagnosed and handled with nutritional and occasionally bioidentical hormones (no synthetic or animal-derived hormones) are needed to fully recover from adrenal fatigue.
About the Author
Learn more about Dr. Anju Mathur and Bioidentical Hormone Replacement at the Angel Longevity Medical Center
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