Part 1 – ACTIVE CORTISOL Adrenal Fatigue or hypoadrenia are unproven terms used by alternative medicine, to describe a condition of the adrenal glands, which are unable to produce proper amounts of hormone, mainly glucocorticoid, referred to as cortisol, which is produced in the middle layer adrenal cortex. This layer is referred to as the […]
Cortisol is one of the most important hormones produced in the body, and yet it is the most feared. Cortisol is a very important, natural hormone that is produced from the middle layer adrenal cortex, and must be produced in an active state, and in normal amounts, otherwise allergies, autoimmunity and cancer will occur. Unfortunately […]
Plechner’s Syndrome is one of the three most important syndromes effecting the adrenal cortex, the other two being Cushing’s Syndrome and Addison’s Syndrome. Plechner’s Syndrome, which I refer to as the Atypical Cortisol Estrogen Imbalance Syndrome (ACEIS), is better known to the public as Plechner’s Syndrome. It identifies the CAUSE of disease and not merely […]
Pertaining to my clinical veterinary studies, this article was an attempt to share my thoughts with my veterinary profession. The California Veterinarian found my article to be interesting enough to publish it in their journal in January of 1979. I also created this article titled The Theory of Endocrine Immune Surveillance which I would like […]
I began my clinical veterinary career in August of 1966, when I graduated from the University of California, School of Veterinary Medicine, Davis, California. One of my first thoughts in the early days of my veterinary practice was to wonder why steroid (CORTISOL) injections were so commonly used and why they seemed so effective. Since […]
My clinical veterinary studies over the past 48 years have identified two different conditions that will cause a dog to show all the signs of hypothyroidism and still produce normal thyroid hormones. The following is a list of clinical signs indicating that the dog is hypothyroid, even with the production of normal thyroid hormones: Weight […]
Unfortunately, when a cortisol level is elevated, the first thing you may be told is your dog may have Cushing’s Syndrome, even if your dog’s clinical signs do not correspond to too much ACTIVE cortisol. What is Cushing’s Syndrome? According to WebMD, “Cushing’s Syndrome is a disease caused by long term exposure to high levels […]
Elevated estrogen has been a concern of the medical profession for many years. Elevated estrogen has been incriminated in casing inflammatory diseases like allergies, autoimmunity and tumor growth in both humans and animals. Please consider all the inflammatory diseases that affect animals and humans, and please realize, these diseases extend far beyond the pet, and […]
Petunia is a 9 year old female West Highland Terrier who comes from championship stock. Petunia’s grandmother was featured on the cover of Dog Fancy magazine. Petunia is like one of our children. She is the only pet who has been allowed to sleep in our bed. Petunia loves to chase the geese and wildlife […]
These owners were all told to go home and live with a blind dog. But because there is a treatment that is available for SARDS dogs, they were able to go home and live with a dog that can see. LEXIE If you were told there is no treatment for SARDS, please know there is […]
