Discover how adrenal dysfunction plays a key role in Long COVID symptoms like fatigue, brain fog, and POTS. Dr. Tracy Tranchitella explains how to test, treat, and truly recover.
Dr. Jen Pfleghaar sits down with Dr. Tracy Tranchitella, a seasoned naturopathic doctor with over two decades of experience, to explore the hidden link between adrenal dysfunction and Long COVID. This episode uncovers how COVID-19 affects the adrenal glands in three major ways—including immune confusion, direct viral damage, and cortisol disruption—and why many Long COVID patients deal with symptoms that mimic adrenal insufficiency.
Dr. Tranchitella breaks down how symptoms like unrelenting fatigue, insomnia, POTS, and brain fog may be tied to your body’s impaired stress response, not just post-viral effects. Learn how underlying stressors like mold, Lyme, or Epstein-Barr virus can amplify symptoms, and why standard labs may miss what’s going on.
We also dive into Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS), mitochondrial dysfunction, and how to evaluate adrenal health through tools like salivary cortisol testing properly. If you're exhausted, dizzy, or feel "off" long after COVID, this episode gives you hope, answers, and practical tools to start healing.
Dr. Tracy Tranchitella is a licensed naturopathic doctor with 24 years of experience in functional and integrative medicine. She co-founded Sunrise Functional Medicine in Bend, Oregon, where she helps patients heal from chronic illness using a root-cause approach. Dr. Tranchitella also teaches online courses through Integrative Medicine Academy, educating practitioners on adrenal health, hormone balance, toxicity, Candida, and more.
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tracy-tranchitella-a0b101186/
PODCAST: Thank you for listening please subscribe and share!
Shop supplements: https://healthybydrjen.shop/
CHECK OUT a list of my Favorite products here: https://www.healthybydrjen.com/drjenfavorites
FOLLOW ME:
Instagram :: https://www.instagram.com/integrativedrmom/
Facebook :: https://www.facebook.com/integrativedrmom
YouTube :: https://www.youtube.com/@integrativedrmom
FTC: Some links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product through one of them, I will receive a commission (at no additional cost to you). I truly appreciate your support of my channel. Thank you for watching! Video is not sponsored.
DISCLAIMER: This podcast does not contain any medical or health related diagnosis or treatment advice. Content provided on this podcast is for informational purposes only. For any medical or health related advice, please consult with a physician or other healthcare professionals. Further, information about specific products or treatments within this podcast are not to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent disease.
Popular Podcasts
On Purpose with Jay Shetty
I’m Jay Shetty host of On Purpose the worlds #1 Mental Health podcast and I’m so grateful you found us. I started this podcast 5 years ago to invite you into conversations and workshops that are designed to help make you happier, healthier and more healed. I believe that when you (yes you) feel seen, heard and understood you’re able to deal with relationship struggles, work challenges and life’s ups and downs with more ease and grace. I interview experts, celebrities, thought leaders and athletes so that we can grow our mindset, build better habits and uncover a side of them we’ve never seen before. New episodes every Monday and Friday. Your support means the world to me and I don’t take it for granted — click the follow button and leave a review to help us spread the love with On Purpose. I can’t wait for you to listen to your first or 500th episode!
Crime Junkie
Does hearing about a true crime case always leave you scouring the internet for the truth behind the story? Dive into your next mystery with Crime Junkie. Every Monday, join your host Ashley Flowers as she unravels all the details of infamous and underreported true crime cases with her best friend Brit Prawat. From cold cases to missing persons and heroes in our community who seek justice, Crime Junkie is your destination for theories and stories you won’t hear anywhere else. Whether you're a seasoned true crime enthusiast or new to the genre, you'll find yourself on the edge of your seat awaiting a new episode every Monday. If you can never get enough true crime... Congratulations, you’ve found your people. Follow to join a community of Crime Junkies! Crime Junkie is presented by audiochuck Media Company.
Cardiac Cowboys
The heart was always off-limits to surgeons. Cutting into it spelled instant death for the patient. That is, until a ragtag group of doctors scattered across the Midwest and Texas decided to throw out the rule book. Working in makeshift laboratories and home garages, using medical devices made from scavenged machine parts and beer tubes, these men and women invented the field of open heart surgery. Odds are, someone you know is alive because of them. So why has history left them behind? Presented by Chris Pine, CARDIAC COWBOYS tells the gripping true story behind the birth of heart surgery, and the young, Greatest Generation doctors who made it happen. For years, they competed and feuded, racing to be the first, the best, and the most prolific. Some appeared on the cover of Time Magazine, operated on kings and advised presidents. Others ended up disgraced, penniless, and convicted of felonies. Together, they ignited a revolution in medicine, and changed the world.