If your skin is extremely dry, you are probably itchy and miserable for a large part of the day. There are several reasons why you may have dry, itchy skin. Antihistamines are very drying and if you take them with any regularity, they may be one cause for your dry skin.
If your skin is extremely dry and the cause is not attributable to such causes as thyroid malfunction, psoriasis, low humidity, or the like, you may be suffering from adrenal fatigue. Dry skin can be seen to accompany adrenal fatigue for a couple reasons. Firstly, the adrenals produce aldosterone, a hormone that is responsible for balancing hydration and keeping water in your body. If your adrenals are weak, then aldosterone levels will decrease and you will subsequently become more dehydrated, which can lead to drier skin. Another possibility is a decrease in thyroid function as the adrenals fatigue. While the adrenals are separate organs from the thyroid, they are both connected to each other and help to regulate your metabolism. If the adrenals are weak, then the thyroid can also weaken. This may lead to dry skin once again.
Adrenal Fatigue occurs when the adrenal glands fail to function adequately. This can occur as a consequence of a respiratory infection, extreme stress, hormonal imbalance, and so forth. There are no definitive signs of adrenal fatigue; rather, it is a collection of symptoms including extreme fatigue and dry skin. Adrenal glands can begin to fail at any age, but it occurs more commonly in adults.
Striving for perfection, in our lives, contributes to the production of harmful stress and contributes to excess belly fat, the inability to lose weight, poor self-image, and many other issues. Resulting in a catch-22 situation, the more we stress our bodies by trying to achieve perfection, the more our bodies resist our efforts, which results in more stress and less perfection.
The fast-paced lifestyle, that we live, does not provide time for adequate sleep or relaxation. In addition, the poor diet that is a result of a hurried and stressful lifestyle wreaks havoc on the Neuroendometabolic (NEM) stress response system. The NEM stress response is our body’s method of handling stress. The adrenals are part of this system. When the adrenals become so used to generating cortisol in the body to help deal with stress, they wear out over time. Cortisol is our body’s main anti-stress hormone, and plays a big part in the NEM stress response. As cortisol levels start to drop due to adrenal fatigue, deregulation of the NEM stress response may result and symptoms such as dry skin may start to pop up.
Fortunately, healing adrenal fatigue takes less time than developing it does. It will require a commitment to diet and lifestyle changes. If these are adhered to then healing adrenal fatigue can be a one-time occurrence rather than a repetitious one.
When embarking on your regimen of healing adrenal fatigue, be sure to place sleep first on your list of priorities. Your body heals much more quickly during sleep than it does when you're awake. Therefore, you need to provide an adequate amount of time each night, in a comfortable bed in a pleasant room, to let your body begin to rejuvenate.
When you awaken, rather than rush for the coffee pot, prepare and eat a high-protein breakfast, within a half-hour of rising. Plan to eliminate processed wheat and sugar. Forego the caffeine and diet drinks, and eat organic fruits and vegetables. Don't go too long without eating and avoid becoming overly hungry.
As tempting as it may be to exercise vigorously, try to avoid it. Walking, yoga, and meditation are great but it's important to not become overly tired while you are healing adrenal fatigue in your body. If you need to add supplements, such as vitamin C, vitamin D, vitamin E, and so forth, then do so, but try to obtain your nutrients from your food as much as possible.
Meditate as much as possible in order to get your body and spirit back in alignment. When healing adrenal fatigue, keep in mind that your energy channels have become misaligned and you need to realign them. Healing adrenal fatigue takes time and patience but it can be done. Remember, take care of your adrenals so that they function well for you in the future.
Adrenal fatigue can cause a range of problems and issues with your body, some of them hard to attribute to a specific cause. That's why healing adrenal fatigue is so important, because it will not only impact the health of your adrenal glands, it can also impact other problems such as dry skin. If you have dry skin, then here's how to address it:
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There are many blood vessels that go to the skin, and that's how the cream enter the bloodstream. Cosmetics, lotions and pen writing can affect the chemicals in the body. They diffuse through the skin layers and enter the microcapillary underneath which then feed to larger veins and arteries to the rest of the body.
