Adrenal Fatigue
Adrenal Fatigue
What is Adrenal Fatigue?
Adrenal fatigue is a term for a hypothesised condition of the adrenal glands.
The terms adrenal exhaustion or adrenal fatigue are often used by complementary therapists but are not formal medical terms and many doctors dispute whether adrenal fatigue really exists as a condition.
The adrenal glands are part of the body's mechanism for short term stress response and management
The adrenal glands produce adrenaline - a hormone which increases the body's metabolic rate and muscular contraction strength. Along with the thyroid gland they are also part of the body's metabolic energy regulation and control system, and thus control to an extent the energy available to body systems.
Have I got Adrenal Fatigue?
The alternative medicine theory of adrenal fatigue is that long term stress can cause the adrenal glands to become less responsive to external pressures or to the demands of day to day life. Adrenal fatigue thus causes the adrenal glands to cease to function properly and leads to a wide range of fatigue and stress related symptoms.
You can read more about adrenal fatigue and the alternative medicine approach to stress here.
What is Adrenal Fatigue?
Adrenal fatigue is a term for a hypothesised condition of the adrenal glands.
The terms adrenal exhaustion or adrenal fatigue are often used by complementary therapists but are not formal medical terms and many doctors dispute whether adrenal fatigue really exists as a condition.
The adrenal glands are part of the body's mechanism for short term stress response and management
The adrenal glands produce adrenaline - a hormone which increases the body's metabolic rate and muscular contraction strength. Along with the thyroid gland they are also part of the body's metabolic energy regulation and control system, and thus control to an extent the energy available to body systems.
Have I got Adrenal Fatigue?
The alternative medicine theory of adrenal fatigue is that long term stress can cause the adrenal glands to become less responsive to external pressures or to the demands of day to day life. Adrenal fatigue thus causes the adrenal glands to cease to function properly and leads to a wide range of fatigue and stress related symptoms.
You can read more about adrenal fatigue and the alternative medicine approach to stress here.
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