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Acromegaly ; Disease condition from Growth hormone excess, it’s causes and features

Acromegaly Acromegaly is a rare condition where the body produces too much growth hormone, causing body tissues and bones to grow more quickly. Over time, this leads to abnormally large hands and feet, and a wide range of other symptoms. Acromegaly is usually diagnosed in adults aged 30 to 50, but it can affect people of any age. When it develops before the end of puberty, it's known as "gigantism". Symptoms of acromegaly Acromegaly can cause a wide range of symptoms, which tend to develop very slowly over time. Early symptoms include: swollen hands and feet – you may notice a change in your ring or shoe size tiredness and difficulty sleeping, and sometimes sleep apnoea gradual changes in your facial features, such as your brow, lower jaw and nose getting larger, or your teeth becoming more widely spaced numbness and weakness in your hands, caused by a compressed nerve (carpal tunnel syndrome) Children and teenagers will be abnormally tall. As time goes on, common symptoms include: abnormally large hands and feet large, prominent facial features (such as the nose and lips) and an enlarged tongue skin changes – such as thick, coarse, oily skin, skin tags, or sweating too much deepening of the voice as a result of enlarged sinuses and vocal cords joint pain tiredness and weakness headaches blurred or reduced vision loss of sex drive abnormal periods (in women) and erection problems (in men) Symptoms often become more noticeable as you get older. Risks of acromegaly If you do not get treatment, you may be at risk of developing: type 2 diabetes high blood pressure (hypertension) heart disease disease of the heart muscle (cardiomyopathy) arthritis bowel polyps, which can potentially turn into bowel cancer if left untreated Because of the risk of bowel polyps, a procedure known as a colonoscopy might be recommended if you've been diagnosed with acromegaly. Regular colonoscopy screening may also be necessary. Causes of acromegaly Acromegaly happens because your pituitary gland (a pea-sized gland just below the brain) produces too much growth hormone. This is usually caused by a non-cancerous tumour in the pituitary gland called an adenoma. Most of the symptoms of acromegaly are due to the excess of growth hormone itself, but some come from the tumour pressing on nearby tissues. For example, you may get headaches and vision problems if a tumour pushes against the nearby nerves. Acromegaly sometimes runs in families, but most of the time it's not inherited. Adenomas usually spontaneously develop because of a genetic change in a cell of the pituitary gland. This change causes uncontrolled growth of the affected cells, creating the tumour. watch our previous video on blood supply to head and neck👇🏾🔥    • Blood supply to the head and neck; major a...   #Acromegaly #growthhormone #carpaltunnelsyndrome #diabetes #cardiomyopathy #hypertension #pituitarygland #Adenoma