Cortisol

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Onset of Cortisol Deficiency

Determining the Onset of (Untreated) Cortisol Deficiency
Onset	Childhood	Adult
Severity	Greater severity	More moderate
Face	Thinner, narrower face	Larger face, may have become more hollow
Body	Thinner, narrower body	Thin body, if the lack of appetite and/or intestinal inflammation predominates Possibly obese, if sweet cravings predominate:
Health in childhood	Ear, nose and throat infections, viral infections Allergies incl, skin rashes, food-rel, asthma Gastrointestinal troubles (liver, colitis) Excessive emotions: anger/irritability outbursts Anorexia, difficult to make him/her eat, except sweets; sweet cravings	No Such medical problems in childhood

Physical Complaints of Cortisol Deficiency

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
Inflammations		Infections	Prone to infections: Viral: mononucleosis infection, flue, etc. Bacterial: rhinitis, otitis, sinusitis, pharyngitis, bronchitis, pneumonia

Physical Signs of Cortisol Deficiency

Physical Signs of Cortisol Deficiency Table
Physical appearance	Thin body (obese if sugar cravings)
Hair	Acute hair loss ( the hair that fell out usually has elongated hair roots) Rarely: alopecia areata
Face	Yellow-brownish face Hollow cheeks Brown ( hyper pigmented) spots on face Painful sinus points
Eyes and eyelids	Tired look Conjunctivitis ( with inflamed eye globe ) Dark circles under the eyes
Nose	Rhinitis ( Colds)
Ears	Erythematous (red) inflamed tympanic membrane Inflammation (otitis)
Pharynx	Pharyngitis ( inflamed red throat) Tonsillitis (Swollen, erythematous tonsils)
Neck	Tender, swollen lymphatic nodes
Abdomen	Bloated abdomen Pain upon abdominal palpation Colitis
Armpit	Brownish armpit fold Heavy seating in armpits
Elbow	Brown elbow fold
Hands	Wet palms Palms: brown skin folds
Feet	Wet soles
Temperature	Episodes of above normal temperatures >99.6 F or > 36.6 C ( In women not taking the pill: during the first- follicular – phase of the menstrual cycle)