TWO POLARIZED DISEASES CONNECTED WITH ADRENAL DYSFUNCTION.
	The adrenal glands are triangle shaped, sit atop the kidneys and control a significant part of how we see, and react to, life. Cushing’s disease and Cushing’s syndrome are an overactive (hyperadrenia) problem. Addison’s disease is an under active (hypoadrenia) adrenal problem.

People who suffer from Cushing’s Disease are very susceptible to illness slow to recover and their wounds heal sluggishly. They are generally heavy in the buttocks and abdominal areas, have moon faces, red marks similar to acne on various parts of the body, muscular weakness, very thin limbs, increased body hair growth, and suffer from stretch marks and bruises caused by thinning of the skin.

Symptoms connected with Cushing’s include excess sweating, sudden or excessive weight gain, dilation of capillaries (telangiectasia, ), a buffalo hump (growth of fat pads on shoulders, collar bones and back of the neck). A diagnostic indicator of Cushing’s is excess cortisol in the blood. Excess cortisol can affect the other endocrine glands, causing insomnia, reduced libido, impotence, amenorrhoea and infertility.

Persistent hypertension (high blood pressure) and insulin resistance, leading to hyperglycemia (high blood sugars), can lead to heart disease, stroke and diabetes mellitus. Hyperpigmentation of the skin, due to overstimulation of the melanocyte receptors, can be an indicator of Cushing’s or hyperadrenia.

There are two types of Cushing’s syndrome: exogenous and endogenous. The symptoms are the same, the difference is how they’re caused. Exogenous Cushing’s is the most common and is most often caused from taking cortisol-like medications such as prednisone. Cortisol medications are used to treat asthma, rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory problems, or to suppress the immune system after an organ transplant. Exogenous Cushing’s is considered temporary and usually goes away after medication cessation. Endogenous Cushing’s is less common, is difficult to diagnose and generally comes on over a long period of time, possibly from anger, rage, long periods of fight or flight or problems like post traumatic syndrome.

Anger is a trait of many who suffer from Cushing’s and many metaphysicists feel that anger is often the cause. During anger, rage, etc., adrenaline and cortisol are released into the bloodstream by the adrenals. Many forms of stress are connected with hyperadrenia. Research has proven that stress can lead to sudden, and excessive, weight gain, both of which are indicators of Cushing’s. If we remain in a highly adrenalized state, we can overtax the adrenals and go from hyperadrenia to hypoadrenia.

People who have Cushing’s can suffer various psychological problems ranging from euphoria to psychosis, anger to depression. Anxiety and panic attacks are common.

Chronic adrenal insufficiency, hypocortisolism or hypocorticism, more commonly known Addison’s Disease, is a rare endocrine disorder in which the adrenal gland produces insufficient amounts of steroid hormones. Addison’s Disease can develop in children as well as adults, and may occur as the result of many underlying causes, including long periods of hyperadrenia.

Blood tests are the most common means of diagnosis of Addison’s Disease. Treatment is usually through hormone replacement therapy. Investigation into other health problems, and their monitoring, is necessary.

Ref: various information collected during the past twenty-five years