Adrenal Fatigue
Your adrenal glands are two tiny pyramid-shaped pieces of tissue situated right above each kidney. Their job is to produce and release, when appropriate, certain regulatory hormones and chemical messengers. Adrenaline is manufactured in the interior of the adrenal gland, called the adrenal medulla. Cortisol, the other chemical from the adrenal gland, is made in the exterior portion of the gland, called the adrenal cortex. The cortex also secretes androgens, estrogens, and progestins. Cortisol, commonly called hydrocortisone, is the most abundant -- and one of the most important -- of many adrenal cortex hormones. Cortisol helps you handle longer-term stress situations. In addition to helping you handle stress, these two primary adrenal hormones, adrenaline and cortisol, along with others similarly produced, help control body fluid balance, blood pressure, blood sugar, and other central metabolic functions. In the heightened nervous state of adrenal burnout, the body overproduces adrenaline, cortisol and other stress hormones...
Posted on July 2, 2009 by Esperanza
Treating Snoring With Surgery
The bedroom should be a place that allows you to have a long and restful sleep but if you are with someone who heavily snores, then you can kiss your sweet dreams goodbye. Snoring has become a serious problem to a lot of people. Over the years several techniques and products have been developed to eliminate or at least minimize snoring. One single treatment that s known for it effectiveness is to go under medical surgery. There are a number of options for a surgical procedure to eliminate snoring. The main objective of surgeries is to widen the air path in the area where the throat and the mouth meet. Excess tissues, which are the cause of the vibrating z sounds, are removed or reduced. In some instances, the nasal and jaw areas are being surgically altered to prevent snoring. UPPP or Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty is one type of surgical procedure that eradicates excessive tissue in the back area of the mouth. This may include reducing soft tissues in the uvula, soft pallet and the tonsils. It is usually offered in most hospitals, as...
Posted on April 29, 2009 by Alphonso
Oversleeping- The Opposite Of Insomnia?
When it comes to sleep disorders, the more common complaints are from people who are having trouble falling asleep and getting quality sleep. Not much have been said about those on the others side of the coin. Some people have the opposite problem. They sleep too much I personally used to sleep up to 14 hours a night . Improving the quality of my sleep was absolutely necessary in order to reduce the amount of sleep I get. After replacing a few bad habits, I now sleep less and feel much more lively and energetic throughout the day, then when I had slept longer. However, improving the quality of my sleep was only one part of the process. If you re sleeping too much and having trouble getting yourself out of bed, it s not only because of some bad sleeping habits. As you know, when you wake up you re not completely in control of your thoughts and your actions. At this stage your subconscious is more dominant. You may have to admit having some kind of emotional issues, which are suppressed deeply in your subconscious. The...
Posted on February 26, 2009 by Louie
Lower Back Pain: Symptoms And Remedies
Pain or discomfort in the lower portion of our back and the spinal column is a common phenomenon and can be largely attributed to our changing lifestyles. Wrong posture or inadequate exercise is most often the cause of the pain in the lower spinal column. The treatment of such a pain can vary from a simple over the counter medicine to surgery depending on the severity and the cause. The pain is generally felt in the lumbar and the sacral region and can also affect other areas. A sprain in the muscles or the ligaments constituting the lower portion of the spine can be the most common cause of backache. Some of the other problems that involve pain in the lower back are disc degeneration due to arthritis or ageing, spondylitis, infections and tumors. In most of the cases the pain is localized in the lower back and vanishes after some time. However, it may even extend to the buttock or the leg on the affected side. In cases wherein the pain is persistent and increases with time or results in weakness in the foot or loss of bladder...
Posted on January 11, 2009 by Billye