Adrenal gland lie above the kidneys and contain two portions known as inner and outer or medulla and cortex. The medulla is producing norepinephrine (adrenaline )and epinephrine. The adrenal cortex produces other hormones such as cortisone and aldosterone necessary for fluid and electrolyte (salt) balance in the body.
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The inner portion of the adrenal glands is related to the sympathetic nervous system and provides the body with a substance call "adrenalin." There is no disease associated with insufficient action of the inner portion of the adrenal gland, because the body can compensate through other mechanisms for lessening secretion. Excessive functioning of the adrenal gland medulla is associated with paroxysmal periods of high blood pressure and other signs of excessive stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system, including sweating, dizziness, palpitation, a rapid pulse, and changes in the blood. Since tumors may occur in the adrenal gland, a tumor of the inner portion of the adrenal gland is accompanied by all of these symptoms. This indicates surgical removal of such tumors as soon as their presence is determined.
The outer portion of the adrenal gland is a shell made up of cells which create steroid hormones. At present, physiologists believe that there are as many as twenty-six different hormones developed by the cortex of the adrenal gland. The cortex of the adrenal gland is stimulated to give off these hormones by a substance from the pituitary gland called adrenal cortex trophic hormone or ACTH.
The hormones from the cortex of the adrenal gland can regulate the secretion and distribution of sodium, potassium and chlorides by the body; water balance; they are concerned with the quantities of carbohydrates, protein, and fat used in the chemistry of the body. They are concerned with the development of certain types of cells in the blood. They are also related to the keeping of nitrogen in the body, and they are related to the action of the sex hormones. The person suffers from insufficient sugar in the blood and from a variety of symptoms such as pain, lassitude, nausea, and circulatory collapse when there is an insufficiency of the adrenal cortical material. A typical brown pigmentation of the skin appears, the disease known as "Addison's disease”.
Excessive functioning of the gland may result in the development of conditions such as swellings of the face and trunk, weakness and wasting of the muscles, serious changes in the bones, thinning of the skin and difficulty in healing of wounds. Apparently the body must maintain a balance between the action of the various hormones coming from the pituitary and adrenal glands, because imbalance may result in serious changes in growth.
Cortisone
From the adrenal cortex come two hormones now called Compounds E and F or known by the general name of Cortisone or Cortone. This hormone has a definite relationship to many different conditions, some of which have already been mentioned in these articles.
Both the cortex and the medulla of the adrenal gland are important in enabling the human being to adapt himself to conditions of stress. The adrenalin,as has been mentioned, is closely associated with the sympathetic nervous system. The hormones of the cortex help the body build resistance to all sorts of damaging influences, such as cold, heat,burns, exhaustion, fasting, chemical agents, and even bruises. The hormones help the body to maintain adequate amounts of sugar in the blood. Among the conditions that have been treated successfully with Cortisone and with ACTH-which stimulates the production of Cortisone are the allergic reactions such as asthma, hay fever, and serum sickness. Remarkable results have been achieved in treatment of acute rheumatic fever with termination of the attack and apparently, in some cases, complete control. Rheumatoid arthritis, lupus erythematosus and polyarteritis nodosa are conditions now believed to result from sensitivities of the tissues to certain substances and which have responded favorably to treatment with Cortisone. Even certain infections and some serious conditions affecting the blood have responded favorably. All of this work is so new, however, that it is quite impossible to say how permanent some of these improvements may be or the ultimate changes in the body that may result from long continued use of these hormones. Apparently the conditions are not a result of a deficiency of the hormones, but rather that these hormones in some way alter the reactions of the tissues in the body.
Again one should realize that ACTH and Cortisone are not identical. ACTH can stimulate the secretion of all types of hormones of the adrenal, including those concerned with water and salt, sugars, and the sex hormones.
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