OAT Axis

Most doctors, and certainly patients, are unaware of how this triad work together. Thus, if you have a chronic imbalance in one organ or gland, eventually you will have an imbalance in all the others which require treating more than just the one organ or gland that is overtly symptomatic. Many doctors fall short in their treatment because they are only focused on one. And in Western medicine, this is almost a guarantee since you have to see a specialist for every problem. To the endocrinologist, the ovaries are not their problem. To the obstetrician, the thyroid is not their problem. And the adrenals are rarely even looked at or considered. This is why viewing health and disease from a mechanistic and reductionistic perspective falls short.