Doctors told how manifest themselves diseased adrenal glands.
The adrenal glands constitute paired glands located over the top of the kidneys. Their main function is to produce important hormones that adapt the organism to stressful situations – testosterone, cortisol, adrenaline. Also, the adrenal glands take an active part in all metabolic processes.
These endocrine glands, as with any internal organ, may be subject to a number of diseases associated with their hyperfunction. The disease can be triggered by both external factors and internal disturbances in the pituitary gland. Affect the increased secretion of hormones can adrenal tumors. Some of these tumors are pheochromocytomas, they increase the production of catecholamine. The cause is difficult to identify, they can have hereditary character.
To provoke the development of hyperfunction of the adrenal glands may also hyperplasia, which is characterized by the growth of adrenal tissue. Glands increase, therefore, the corresponding hormones in the blood becomes more. Excessive production of cortisol can lead to galloping blood pressure, enhancing glucose levels, neurological symptoms such as panic attacks, psychosis, unbalance.
Also the patient can observe the uneven distribution of fat on your body, particularly on the abdomen, upper back, and neck, and face. Malfunction of the adrenal glands can lead to the appearance of “moon face”, which occurs in virtually all patients.
Disorders in the endocrine glands can also lead to imbalance of male and female hormones in the blood. Main symptoms: voice changes, he can become too rough and too thin; in women appear the hair on the face is getting more hair on the body, stiffen facial features. If a woman suffers from an overabundance of male hormones, it is necessary to pay attention to my pregnancy, as this disorder can cause miscarriage.
If a hyperfunction of the adrenal glands is associated with a tumor or hyperplasia, in this case, the specialists fix this problem through surgery. If the gland is attacked by cancer, in this case to solve the problem will only be possible with chemotherapy and radiotherapy. In order to reduce the excessive hormone production, doctors recommend the use of drugs regulating the activity of the adrenal glands.
