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Adrenal Disorders - Articles
How to diagnose adrenal diseases
by
pathologystudent
Posted
Tue 05 Apr 2011 12:39am
Adrenal diseases can be some of the more difficult to diagnose in medicine because of their widely varying and sometimes non-specific symptoms, like fatigue and depression. Let’s take a quick look at some of the symptoms of the different diseases of the adrenal, and the laboratory tests used for diagnosis.
1. Adrenal hyperfunction
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Another Treatment Option for Adrenal Disease in Ferrets
by
Dr. Patty Khuly
Posted
Tue 13 Nov 2012 6:00am
Yesterday, I talked about some very old treatment modalities (using honey and sugar to treat large, open wounds). Today, I want to bring a brand new option to the attention of ferret owners.
One of the more common diseases that affect middle-aged ferrets is hyperadrenocorticism. Symptoms typically include hair loss, vulvar enlargement in ...
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Adrenal cortical hypoplasia vs. hyperplasia
by
pathologystudent
Posted
Mon 21 Feb 2011 5:21am
Q. What does it mean when Robbins says the adrenal cortices are hyper- and hypoplastic?
A. Hypoplastic adrenal cortices mean that the adrenal cortices have atrophied; hyperplastic adrenal cortices mean that they have expanded. You’d see hypoplastic adrenal cortices in situations where there is not very much ACTH stimulation (so the c ...
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Sprouted Grains: Nature’s Secret for a Thinner Waistline and Healthier Life
by
Mark ..
Posted
Fri 25 Jun 2010 3:04am
This is a guest post by Alexis Bonari of onlinedegrees.org
When I first started trying to live a healthier lifestyle, I quickly realized one thing —low-carb diets weren’t for me. A week after I started cutting carbohydrates out of my diet, I felt terrible. I had no energy, I craved bread all the time, and I couldn’t focus. How was I suppos ...
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Rose Geranium- Uplifting in So Many Ways
by
Dina T.
Posted
Tue 23 Mar 2010 12:00am
I am yearning for spring to come in earnest (in colorado we have 70 degrees one day and snow the next), so I can put my Rose Geraniums in the garden. Rose geranium is also sometimes called “scented” geranium because the plant comes in many scents (lemon, chocolate, apple) but rose is my choice for the plant and for the essential oil, of whi ...
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Autism and Redheads: The Canaries in the Epidemic Part 1
by
Kim S.
Posted
Tue 22 Jun 2010 12:00am
By Teresa Conrick
I am a redhead, as many know, and my severely autistic daughter, Megan, is as well. Over the years I have read articles, studies, blogs and historical accounts about autism, and it occurred to me that there seemed to be a noticeable number of redheads who also had an autism diagnosis. For example: Tim ...
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Autism, Hospitals and the Belly of the Beast
by
Kim S.
Posted
Sat 01 Oct 2011 12:00am
By Teresa Conrick
My daughter, Megan, diagnosed sixteen years ago with Autism, has had an intense twelve months of.medical symptoms. I call them "symptoms" but they really are clues as to the true nature of her diagnosis of autism. It began last Fall with seizures, unusual, hormone-related, monthly ones, that had progressed ...
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Eighteen Overlooked Symptoms of Adrenal Fatigue
by
Dr. Daniel Kalish
Posted
Thu 02 Jul 2009 4:48pm
1 Comment
I thought this was a great article as it can be helpful for many to understand, what one may otherwise consider normal, these symptoms are all indicative of an underlying adrenal dysfunction. Share this information with your local alternative health care practitioner and take control of your health and your health treatments. Together, you an ...
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