HORMONAL IMBALANCE AND HPA AXIS DYSFUNCTION
What is HPA Axis dysfunction and why is it important? HPA Axis or hypothalamus-pituitary axis is located in the brain, it acts as a hormone regulator and controls a lot of vital organs in the body. The HPA Axis plays a very important role when it comes to stress hormone regulation which also is related to the immune system of the body.
When you are experiencing chronic fatigue, stress, hormonal imbalance, or even thyroid problems. The main root cause starts from this particular axis.
HPA Axis dysfunction or adrenal fatigue is seen in many individuals these days. The HPA Axis works in response to two types of stress: chronic and acute stress, it also has a relation with the adrenal glands which are located on top of both kidneys. The adrenals pump out extra hormones and our bodies go from the state of relaxing to digesting, healing, and surviving state.
The HPA Axis sends signals to the adrenal glands to produce hormones vital for our body.
The most common cause of adrenal fatigue is stress. There are four main types of stress that we should be considering. Stress-related to sleep, mental, metabolic, and inflammation. These are the four main root causes when diagnosing an individual with adrenal fatigue.
In order to treat adrenal fatigue, we should focus on these four main things. If we have maintained good sleep hygiene, decreased inflammation, controlled insulin resistance and have gotten rid of stressful situations in our lives. If still, we are experiencing with symptoms of adrenal fatigue such as fatigue, body pain, low blood pressure, brain fog, or unintentional weight loss. The next thing is to check our hormones and focus more on the stress hormone or cortisol level. If one hormone is imbalanced it will lead to other hormones to be imbalanced as well. After checking the hormones, we can supplement ourselves with the right adaptogens such as ashwagandha, probiotics, maca, ginseng, berberine, and many other supplements.
This will indeed help with balancing the cortisol hormone which as a result will correct the hpa axis dysfunction and improve your overall quality of life.
