What is adrenal insufficiency?
Adrenal Insufficiency is also known as Addison’s Disease. Adrenal insufficiency is a life threatening chronic illness. An active and vigorous lifestyle with normal life expectancy is possible as long as the prescribed medications are taken regularly and adjusted when indicated. As with most chronic diseases, adrenal insufficiency demands that the patients take responsibility and develop self-management skills and techniques. Read an article on Adrenal insufficiency Adrenal Crisis is serious!
• Adrenal insufficiency: Where there is insufficient secretion of hormones secreted from the adrenal glands. • Adrenal insufficiency: Conditions in which the production of adrenal CORTICOSTEROIDS falls below the requirement of the body. Adrenal insufficiency can be caused by defects in the ADRENAL GLANDS, the PITUITARY GLAND, or the HYPOTHALAMUS. Source – Diseases Database Adrenal insufficiency is listed as a “rare disease” by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Adrenal insufficiency, or a subtype of Adrenal insufficiency, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
In 1855, Thomas Addison first described adrenal insufficiency, which was subsequently named after him. Originally, tuberculosis was the most common reason for the adrenal gland failure. Currently, Addison disease most commonly results from autoimmune destruction of the adrenal gland. The adrenal hormones Cortisol and Aldosterone are vital for life, so Addison’s disease can be fatal.
Adrenal insufficiency is a medical condition in which the adrenal glands stop making hormones important for certain bodily functions. The condition is characterized by weight loss, muscle weakness, fatigue, low blood pressure, and sometimes darkening of the skin in both exposed and nonexposed parts of the body.
Are Your Adrenals Tired? Treatments / Remedies * Diet for Adrenal Fatique I decided to refresh my memory on adrenal exhaustion and other conditions that affect the adrenal glands after someone posted a response on my blog that a condition called adrenal fatigue could cause heart palpitations. As I began to read about this condition, I found heart palpitations listed as a symptom and, my goodness, dozens of other troubling symptoms were reported as well. I also found found myself caught up in a familiar conflict…..medical vs alternative health. According to one of the most well-respected medical centers in the world, the Mayo Clinic, there is no doubt that the adrenals can become deficient in vital hormones. The term they have for this is adrenal insufficiency. Where the conflict arises is that that alternative health community believes this insufficiency can become a chronic health condition in it’s own right and should be addressed specifically, not as part of an underlying conditio
