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What is the term for the excess secretion of growth hormone that cause acromegaly and gigantism?
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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 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
How does a person inherit gigantism?
Gigantism is abnormally large growth due to an excess of growth hormone during childhood, before the bone growth plates have closed.
An excess of growth hormone in an adult results in?
Giagantism: An overabundance of growth hormone during childhood leads to giagantism. It is a very rare condition that may results from a tumor of the cells that produce growth hormone.
What is the term for abnormal increase in height due to an excess of growth hormone?
by taking viagara
What hormones are in Lantern jaw and large hands and feet in adult?
Lantern jaw and large hands and feet in adults can be characteristic of acromegaly, a hormonal disorder caused by excessive growth hormone (GH) production in adulthood. This condition is usually the result of a noncancerous tumor in the pituitary gland, which controls hormone production. The excess GH leads to enlargement of bones and tissues, resulting in the lantern jaw, large hands, and feet commonly associated with acromegaly.
What is the difference between Gigantism and Acromegaly?
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 puberty2. Includes excessive length of bones, coarsening of the facial bones3. Sexual development is usually slowed, mentally normal or slow4. Usually result of tumor, surgical removal, radiation, drug therapy are treatment5. Prognosis is goodAcromegaly:1. Increased in growth hormone occurs after puberty2. thickening and coarsening of bones, enlargement of lips, nose, jaw, thickening of tongue and skin.3. Shortens life expectancy and often leads to CHF4. Usually caused by tumor which may also affect vision5. Surgical resection or radiation is Treatment, but this leads to hypopituitarism and tumors tend to reoccur.
What are the symptoms of a pituitary gland tumor?
Excess production of growth hormone characterized by acromegaly. Possible vision impairment due to its proximity to the optic chiasm.
Excess blood potassium hyperkalemia is removed by increasing secretion of the hormone which stimulates an increase in the secretion of potassium by cells within the?
aldosterone; cortical collecting duct
What is causing hyperthyroidisms?
There are several causes of hyperthyroidism. Most often, the entire gland is overproducing thyroid hormone. Less commonly, a single nodule is responsible for the excess hormone secretion, called a "hot" nodule
Could a human being grow after puberty in anatomical dimensions if adminstered a Pituitary hormone?
No. Once the epiphyseal (growth) plates at the end of your long bones (femur, humerus, etc), have fused (a result of your sex hormone in puberty), you can no longer grow in height (without repeated breaking and moulding of the bones) The pituitary hormone responsible for growth - the Growth Hormone (original), if in excess in a post-pubertal person, will result in acromegaly, a condition where the soft tissue will swell, as does some other bones (notably, your forehead & jaw). If all this was to occur in someone pre-pubertal, it would resort in gigantism - and yes you would continue to grow.
