Adrenal Testing
The Adrenocortex Stress Profile is a powerful and precise noninvasive salivary assay that evaluates bioactive levels of the body's important stress hormones, cortisol and DHEA. This profile serves as a critical tool for uncovering biochemical imbalances underlying anxiety, depression, chronic fatigue, obesity, dysglycemia, and a host of other clinical conditions. This is combined with a 45 minute consultation with Dr. Boice to explain the results to you.
The adrenal hormones cortisol and DHEA function to influence:
- Metabolism
- Thyroid function
- Anti-inflammatory response
- Resistance to stress
Changing the amounts of cortisol and DHEA can profoundly affect:
- Energy levels
- Resistance to disease
- Emotional states
- General sense of well-being
Although both DHEA and cortisol are produced by the adrenal cortex, they exhibit many opposing actions.
Cortisol:
Many of cortisols physiological actions are geared toward the mobilization of reserves. Cortisol is released in large amounts in
response to physical, physiological, and/or psychological stress. When stressors persist, the secretion of glucocorticoids can be
prolonged, leading to maladaptation of the adrenal cortex and adrenal hyperplasia.
Excess cortisol
can adversely affect:
- Bone and muscle tissue
- Thyroid function
- Cardiovascular function
- Weight control
- Sleep
- Glucose regulation
- Immune defense
- Aging
Over time, cortisol secretion can become impaired, resulting in an inability to respond to stress as demonstrated in conditions such as:
- Chronic fatigue
- Menstrual problems
- Allergies
- Arthritis
DHEA, in contrast to cortisol, exerts mostly anabolic actions and balances the body's stress response.
DHEA functions to:
- Provide substrate for the synthesis of sex hormones
- Guard against degenerative conditions associated with aging
- Influence immune function and energy production
- Affect insulin sensitivity, thyroid function, protein synthesis and others.
Imbalances of DHEA have been associated with:
Impaired immunity- Cancer
- DepressionPanic disorder
- Insulin resistance
- Obesity
- Alzheimers disease
- Cardiovascular disease
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