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Allergies, What Causes the Effect? Part II

by bwardell on February 27, 2010

Are allergies just an inconvenience, or can they be lethal? A hormone antibody imbalance allergy can definitely worsen and possibly turn into a life threatening disease. How can you be completely sure that with stress, environmental toxins, genetic defects or other such factors, this will not further damage the body and turn into autoimmunity or cancer. You can’t!

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WHAT IS PLECHNER’S SYNDROME?

by bwardell on January 26, 2010

This is a common syndrome in animals and people that has never been diagnosed before. This syndrome involves the production of a deficient or defective cortisol from the middle layer of the adrenal cortex, with the pituitary gland producing ACTH to insure the production of more active cortisol.

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part II of the: Adrenal Estrogen, a Hazardous Hormone

by bwardell on December 22, 2009

Once elevated total estrogen has been identified as a problem, reducing the ingestion of estrogen will help to alleviate it. If the total estrogen is still elevated, further estrogen inhibitors (limiters) may be used but an increase in active cortisol through injection or ingestion will dramatically decrease the effects of excess estrogen production and allow you to achieve a normal balance between the active cortisol and total estrogen hormones…

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Hyperestrogenism by Dr. Plechner, DVM

by Terry on December 15, 2009

An article from the University of Tennessee signals that my esteem fellow professionals are finally beginning to understand what this old Vet’s been saying for many years now. They are beginning to realize the dangers of excessive adrenal estrogen. They are close, but alas…no cigar.
It seems they are attempting to reduce the production of adrenal [...]

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Hyperestrinism in Dogs

by Terry on December 15, 2009

Documentation from the University of  Tennesse
Hyperestrinism in dogs may be a new and emerging disease entity.  In sample submissions to the Clinical Endorinology Service (2005) at The University of Tennessee, 40% of adrenal panels had elevated estradiol levels present (>70 pg/ml).29 In hyperestrinism cases, estradiol is the estrogen that is increased, ACTH stim and [...]

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