Physical Complaints of Cortisol Deficiency |
Physical appearance |
Excessive thinness
Tends to be underweight difficulty gaining weight
Sometimes obesity because of bulimia due to sweet and salty food cravings |
Energy/ Vitality |
Fatigue, low energy, especially during stressful conditions
Burned out syndrome, sometimes transient, but great difficulties to function after emotional discharge
In upright position: drowsiness, empty-headedness, distraction, absentmindedness day-dreaming, vertigo |
Hair |
Acute hair loss
Alopecia areata
( hair loss in plaques) |
Sleep |
Longer sleep |
Head |
Headaches at stress |
Temperature |
Slight fever from time to time |
Skin |
Inflamed skin lesions: skin rashes ( nettle rash, eczema, psoriasis)
Vitiligo ( Depigmented skin areas)
Cheloids ( thick scars)
Irregular brown spots
Suntans easily |
Food |
Intense hunger attcks
Sweet, sugar cravings
Nausea, anorexia, esp. for meat
Salty food craving |
Muscles and tendons |
Myalgia (localized musle pains)
Tendonitis ( Recurrent tendon inflammation), especially as positive tender points) |
Digestive |
Gastroenteritis, colitis with abdominal pain, bloating, diarrhea
Nausea, vomiting |
Joints |
Arthritis ( localized pain, deformities of joints) |
Nerves |
Excessive sensitivity to pain |
Inflammations |
Predisposition to all kinds of inflammatory diseases, e.g:
Acute allergies: ENT ( Ear-Nose-Throat) allergies, conjunctivitis, otitis, rhinitis, pharyngitis, asthma, food allergies
Choronic inflammatory diseases: rheumatoid arthritis, connective tissue diseases( e.g lupus) |
Medications |
Intolerance to mediciations |
Infections |
Prone to infections:
Viral: mononucleosis infection, flue, etc.
Bacterial: rhinitis, otitis, sinusitis, pharyngitis, bronchitis, pneumonia |