Adrenal fatigue

This article is about a term used in alternative medicine. For medically-recognized chronic adrenal insufficiency, see Adrenal insufficiency and Addison's disease.
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Adrenal fatigue is a pseudoscientific term used by alternative medicine providers to suggest that the adrenal glands are exhausted and unable to produce adequate quantities of hormones, primarily cortisol, due to chronic stress or infections.[1] There is no scientific basis for the existence of adrenal fatigue, and the term should not be confused with a number of actual forms of adrenal dysfunction such as adrenal insufficiency or Addison's disease.[1]

  1. ^ a b Shah, Rachna; Greenberger, Paul A. (2012-05-01). "Chapter 29: Unproved and controversial methods and theories in allergy-immunology". Allergy and Asthma Proceedings. 33 (3): 100–102. doi:10.2500/aap.2012.33.3562. ISSN 1088-5412. PMID 22794702. There is no scientific basis for the existence of this disorder and no conclusive method for diagnosis
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