Intolerance to heat, temperature, and sunlight is a very frequent complaint of people with
advanced adrenal fatigue. This is Dr. Lam, founder of DrLam.com.
Here we will talk about why, why is it that most people in adrenal fatigue cannot handle
the sun. They go out for a few minutes, let's say they do some gardening, they go on a road
trip they can crash. They have difficulty taking a bath, for example, because the heat
from the bath water can crash them instead of relaxing them. This is very common, we
see that a lot.
Now, let's back up a little bit. A body that is in adrenal fatigue has compromised feedback
loops in not only the hormones but temperature regulation. Not only is this because of for
example salt deprivation, or imbalances; electrolyte irregulations, fluid that is not properly
given to the body or retained by the body, all these leads to temperature control. One
of the classic things you will find is that people will report the inability to go into
any of kind of sauna, they cannot sunbathe for example we talked about this earlier.
They all point to a thermostat that is in the body that is somewhat not working very
well. It is almost like you have a thermostat in your home when it hits a certain temperature
then the body regulates on its own. If the body gets too heated up the body will open
up the pores of the skin and then perspiration will happen, and then the temperature will
come down. Likewise, if you are feeling cold, then the body will constrict the skin, and
the fluids that are in the body will get heated up, and the temperature will rise.
In adrenal fatigue this mechanism is somewhat compromised, so, if you put the person into
a sauna, or in the bathtub, not only will it not relax the person it actually crashes
the person because it is just the regulation is broken. So the body can for example in
the sense of heat they can have evasive dilatation but they don't have evasive constriction,
the compensatory mechanism so the blood gets pooled in the rest of the body and then you
don't have enough in the brain and you can have an adrenal crash for example.
There are many mechanisms that go in but overall picture that you have to understand is that
most people in advanced adrenal fatigue, I'm talking about advanced adrenal fatigue not
regular adrenal fatigue, have temperature intolerance, and it is quite normal. The degree
they are able to tolerate the temperature usually tells you the degree of advancement.
In fact, what happens is that as people get better their ability to tolerate temperature
is improved. So, at first they may be able to go in the sun for five minutes, and as
they get better they can go out in the sun for a little longer, and a lot longer, and
a little longer. So that is of course provided if they are improving in the right direction.
If they are simply improving adrenal fatigue by energy alone but not other things then
actually there may not be any significant change in their temperature regulation because
improving energy alone is not the only offset for adrenal fatigue, you can be masking the
underlying problem.
So this can be quite confusing we deal with a lot of people like this when they are in
advanced stages, it is not something to be worried about but it is not something to be
taken for granted, it has to be put in the right perspective, and do the right thing
is to allow the body to recoup on its own and then you will not be held hostage by these
temperature dysregulations. Important symptom, no question about it, but it has to be put
in the right perspective.
I hope you've enjoyed this video. For more information on this topic, head over to DrLam.com
where I have written over a thousand articles to help educate people. You can also call
me at 626-571-1234 for more information on Adrenal Fatigue and how to navigate it. Finally,
if you enjoyed this video, please subscribe to my YouTube channel. Thanks for watching.