The effects of cortisol hormone generally include anti-inflammatory, anti-shock, anti-rheumatism, as well as anti-anaphylaxis.
Cortisol hormone is a glucocorticoid hormone secreted by the adrenal cortex. Cortisol hormone can maintain the balance and stability of the body’s physiological functions, and plays a very important role in the metabolism of proteins, fats and sugars. When a stress reaction occurs, the body can make cortisol rapidly secreted into the blood to maintain the stability of blood glucose and blood pressure.
Cortisol hormone can also control inflammation, when the body has severe infection, shock, inflammation, adrenal cortical hormone secretion, including cortisol secretion, can play a good role in the body’s anti-inflammatory, anti-shock.
After the cortisol hormone is elevated, there are side effects on the body, easily cause high blood pressure, high blood sugar, at the same time easy to cause stress ulcers, osteoporosis, but also can appear mental symptoms, commonly seen in Cushing’s syndrome, can cause full moon face, buffalo back, and high cholesterol anemia and other symptoms.
If cortisol hormone abnormalities need to go to the endocrinology department of the hospital for further diagnosis and examination of the cause of the disease, and if you need to use medication, it must be applied under the guidance of a doctor.