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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Decreased Exercise Capacity, and Adrenal Insufficiency
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De Becker et al,1 using a bicycle
ergometer, found that the maximal workload and oxygen uptake attained by their
patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) were almost half those achieved
by the control subjects. The observation that the resting heart rate was higher
in patients with CFS, as in other studies, led De Becker et al1
to suggest that "alteration in cardiac function is a primary factor associated
with the reduction in exercise capacity in CFS." As someone whose reported2 recovery from CFS was characterized by a dramatic
normalization of physical functionality, thanks to the glucocorticoid2 and mineralocorticoid3
properties of licorice, an old remedy for Addison disease,2
I believe that adrenal insufficiency, rather than alteration in cardiac function,
may primarily account for the reduction in exercise capacity in CFS.
The functions of glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid hormones are so
important that an insufficient production of those adrenal hormones has to
result . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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