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Gigantism is growth hormone excess prior to puberty and acromegaly is GH excess once one is a fully grown adult.
Gigantism:
1. If increased growth hormone occurs before puberty
2. Includes excessive length of bones, coarsening of the facial bones
3. Sexual development is usually slowed, mentally normal or slow
4. Usually result of tumor, surgical removal, radiation, drug therapy are treatment
5. Prognosis is good
Acromegaly:
1. Increased in growth hormone occurs after puberty
2. thickening and coarsening of bones, enlargement of lips, nose, jaw, thickening of tongue and skin.
3. Shortens life expectancy and often leads to CHF
4. Usually caused by tumor which may also affect vision
5. Surgical resection or radiation is Treatment, but this leads to hypopituitarism and tumors tend to reoccur.
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What is wrong with a person who has gigantism or acromegaly?
A person with gigantism or acromegaly has an excess amount of growth hormone, and grows too much, which not only makes that person very tall, but also somewhat distorts their body proportions.
What condition did Robert wadlow suffer from?
Robert Wadlow suffered from pituitary gigantism (or acromegaly).
Does Zhang Jun-Cai have acromegaly?
Maybe because his incredible height was caused by pituitary gigantism and that disorder often leads to acromegaly (although not necessarily).
What does over secretion of the human growth hormone during childhood cause?
In children (where the epiphyseal growth plate has not fused yet), it can lead to gigantism In adults (closed epiphyseal growth plate in bones), it leads to acromegaly.
Which president was thought to have acromegaly?
John F Kennedy? Abraham Lincoln is thought to have suffered from Marfan's Syndrome, acromegaly, which is an adrenal disorder connected with what sometimes is called "gigantism". John Kennedy had adrenal disorders but he did not exhibit signs of acromegaly. Cushings disease has been mentioned in books about Kennedy.
What disorders of the endocrine system are influenced by heredity?
Hmm I'm not sure but the disorders are Gigantism, Dwarfism, Acromegaly, Goiter, Grave's Disease, Cretinism etc.
What is the disease that causes a person to become extremely tall called?
It could be gigantism or acromegaly. A catch-all term for these diseases (and others like them) is Overgrowth syndrome.
What anterior pituitary hormone is associated with dwarfism gigantism and acromegaly?
Growth hormone is produced and released by the anterior pituitary. Excess early in life can produce gigantism, deficiency can cause dwarfism. Later in life, excess causes acromegaly.I'm looking for this same answer and just found it!:growth-hormone deficiency
What are some nursing interventions in acromegaly?
removing or reducing the size of the pituitary tumorreducing the production of growth hormone so that it is at a normal levelstopping and reversing the symptoms caused by the excess growth hormonecorrecting other abnormalities to the thyroid, adrenal, and sex organs
What is the medical term for hypersecretion of growth hormone?
Pituitary gigantism is the condition caused by excessive growth hormone before the fusion of the epiphyseal plates which occurs at the end of puberty, while acromegaly is the condition of excessive growth hormone after the fusion of the eipphyseal plates.
What disease is characterized by enlarged skeletal parts?
Acromegaly
What will happen if the pituitary gland over secretes hormone?
either "gigantism" where the boy/girl shoots up in height proportionally; or "acromegaly" where only the extremities grow longer, e.g. the hands/feet/face but not the rest of the body and the growth of the body is disproportionate. anandcop82@gmail.com
