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Stress Hormones

Introduction

In a situation of stress caused by the hypothalamus and pituitary (regulating the endocrine system) stress is released into the bloodstream of hormones that trigger a protective response , and bring the body into a state of mobilization. The hormone ACTH (adrenocorticotropin) goes with the flow of blood through the adrenal gland, where it triggers the release of cortisol. Cortisol is the reason for the increase in blood sugar levels and speeds up the metabolism in different ways. Other hormones cause the adrenal glands secrete large amount of adrenaline, which increases blood sugar levels, increases heart rate and breathing.

Discussion

Doctors say the stress hormone cortisol, is a key hormone and uses the amount of cortisol in the blood as a measure of the level of stress. The Cortisol accumulates in the tissues of the body, gradually destroying them, which is very difficult to remove is not pharmaceutical methods. High concentrations of cortisol are associated with the constant anxiety and depression, as well as a wide range of diseases caused by stress. Under normal conditions our body cells use 90% of energy in metabolic activities such as repair, renovation and new tissue formation.

But in an alarm condition and stress, our brain sends a message to the adrenal glands to release cortisol, the hormone causes the body to release glucose into the blood to send massive amounts of energy to the muscles.

Thus all functions of anabolic recovery, renovation and creation of tissues and the body are paralyzed catabolic metabolism changes to resolve this alarming situation. When the stressful situation is punctual, once the emergency hormone levels and physiological processes back to normal, but when stress is prolonged, as is common today because of the pace of life we ??are fired in body cortisol levels, and being the only supplier of glucose ...