Hormones play a key role in the health of the body.
Health dictates your physical and emotional well-being.
Hormones and body balance
The very fine regulation of the endocrine glands ensures the hormonal balance of each of us through complex mechanisms.
Hormonal disturbances can be caused by stress, excess alcohol and nicotine, inflammatory diseases, infections.
Hormones are chemical substances produced naturally by our body, having the role of regulating its functions.
What you need to know about the endocrine system
Endocrine glands produce hormones that enter the bloodstream directly.
The endocrine system is closely related to the nervous system. Both have the role of regulating the functioning of the body. If the nervous system does it quickly, through quick and short impulses to neurons, with a quick effect, the endocrine system does it slowly, through hormones released into the blood.
The activity of the endocrine system is self-adjusting and constantly regulated.
When one of the endocrine glands is affected, a dysfunction occurs in the mechanism of regulating the level of hormones in the blood, which can also affect the other glands or their functions.
This is how hormonal deficiency or excess occurs, known as hormonal disorders.
Each endocrine gland is very important, due to the functions it performs.
The hypothalamus controls the body’s reaction to stress, the regulation of emotional states, including mood, hunger and thirst, sleep patterns and sexual function.
The pituitary gland (pituitary gland) regulates metabolism, controls growth, production of estrogen and testosterone, controls the thyroid, testicles, ovaries, adrenals.
The pineal gland (epiphysis) produces hormones such as melatonin, coordinating the regulation of the circadian rhythm (of sleep, of the menstrual cycle in women).
The thyroid gland controls and regulates the normal and harmonious growth and development of the body, of the child’s brain, controls fertility, the body’s energy, etc.
The parathyroid glands regulate the metabolism of minerals (calcium and phosphorus, especially) in the body, which ensures the proper functioning of the muscular and nervous systems.
Adrenal glands, one above each kidney. They control metabolism, blood pressure, sexual development and the body’s response to stress.
The thymus, although less known, has a very important role in regulating the immune system, important in fighting infections and cancer.
The pancreas helps in the assimilation of proteins, fats and carbohydrates and the secretion of insulin, which controls blood sugar levels. The gland it does not regenerate.
Ovaries are two glands that are also part of the female reproductive system, being indispensable for reproduction and regulating the menstrual cycle. The ovaries release sex hormones known as estrogen, progesterone and testosterone.
The testicles are part of the male reproductive system, controlling fertility, they produce sperm and release testosterone. This hormone affects sperm production, muscle strength and sexual appetite.
