Resources

EndoWell Education — Learn more about endocrine and metabolic health with us. We provide a gland‑by‑gland education series covering each gland’s location, hormones, symptoms, conditions, tests, and treatments. For additional explanations, visit our Instagram and YouTube channels.

An overview of perimenopause and menopause — what changes, how symptoms group, how we diagnose it, and the full range of optimisation and treatment options.
Including HRT, non‑HRT strategies, and the long‑term health pivot for bone, heart and metabolic stability.

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We look at how ovarian problems present — and the endocrine ovarian conditions behind them: perimenopause and menopause, PCOS/PMOS, and ovarian insufficiency.
Gynaecological conditions aren’t covered by us, but they are important and often missed.

More in the next few days on perimenopause, menopause.
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The ovaries - an introduction to their location, hormones and roles.

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The Ovaries
This month we’re continuing our tour of the endocrine glands around the body - we’re covering THE OVARIES…

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Adrenal Treatments
These are decided depending on what the specific hormonal problem is, severity and source.
In our final Adrenal series reel, we break down different treatment options and explain why each, or combinations, are chosen.

Of interest if you have an adrenal condition, have a family member with an endocrine condition or are a healthcare professional involved in treating or recognising adrenal or endocrine conditions.

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ADRENAL TESTS

When assessing adrenal hormone problems, we match the right test to the right situation.

Adrenal tests may be snapshot blood tests taken at a single moment, or dynamic tests that check how hormones respond to stimulation or suppression.

Cortisol naturally rises in the morning and falls at night — so timing matters.
If we suspect low cortisol, we check a 9am cortisol.
If we suspect high cortisol, we check a late‑night blood or salivary cortisol.

Dynamic tests come next when we need more detail — either to raise a hormone or suppress it.

Scans (CT/MRI) help us look closely at the adrenal or pituitary when needed.
Endocrine Education Month 7 Week 3

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The Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone System

If BP is low, Renin is released from the kidneys (renals) and sets off a cascade resulting in Aldosterone release to raise BP.

Understanding this helps us work out if there is an Adrenal Aldosterone over-secretion or under-secretion, based on Renin and Aldosterone blood tests levels.

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The HPA Axis is the Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Adrenal Hormone Signalling Pathway.

It, like many other hormonal pathways, involves ‘negative feedback’. This means that if the adrenal CORTISOL is low, the Pituitary releases more ACTH, and vice versa. It is a pre-requisite to understanding how to interpret adrenal tests.

#adrenal #cortisol #hormones #endocrineeducation #endowelled

Adrenal insufficiency/ crisis: can be an emergency. Needs to be recognised and there can be clues not to miss.

Is it a primary ‘adrenal level’ problem? In which case the clues may relate to both cortisol and aldosterone deficiency.

Or is it a secondary ‘pituitary level’ ACTH deficiency, reducing cortisol but not affecting aldosterone?

#addisons #adrenalcrisis #adrenal #endocrineeducation #endowelled

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External Resource Links

Society for Endocrinology: https://www.endocrinology.org

European Society of Endocrinology: https://www.ese-hormones.org

Pituitary Foundation: https://www.pituitary.org.uk

British Thyroid Foundation: https://www.btf-thyroid.org

Diabetes UK: https://www.diabetes.org.uk

British Menopause Society: https://thebms.org.uk

European Association for the Study of Obesity: https://easo.org

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