Acromegaly

What is acromegaly? Acromegaly is when the pituitary gland makes too much growth hormone during adulthood.
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I heard the governor Pio Pico had acromegaly but his case was extremely rare cause somehow he lived long until age 93 You would think he would die younger cause of acromegaly.

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My grandfather had this, his hands foot and head were huge! He had cured it by a brain surgery but his gigantism remained!

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Paul Wight aka The Big Show has this as well but had the surgery. He was slowing down and had health issues because of his gigantism. After the surgery he did some physical therapy and got into better shape.

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[@MohammadEisaAli]

Not sure if there is an error on 2:14 about somatomedins stopping GH hormone. Rather than stopping growth hormone production, somatomedins are downstream mediators of the effects of growth hormone.

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Insulin like GF 1 is diabetogenic (Raises Blood Glucose) 🤔 Isn't wrong?

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can doing regular exercise reduces the effect ?

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[@thishandleistaken1011]

GH is released with lack of food but other growth factors are crushed so you don't exactly get the action of the hormone IIRC

[@bignygaaer5788]

True, if that was the case then third worlders would be tall

[@thishandleistaken1011]

@@bignygaaer5788 Yeah and human height wouldn't have gone up by like 8 inches in the past 200 years

[@ThatsWhy-]

What about Igf hormone? Is it like GH? AND, how is it work?

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my friend who's slightly younger than me he's 11 and i'm 13. I'm 5 feet 3 and he is at least 5 feet 11 but he might be 6 feet or 6.1 his hands are also huge like his feet, much larger than his dads hands, his dad is 6 feet tall exactly and his mum is 5.7. My friend's ears are also huge and his jaw is massive, he hasn't even started puberty and is already 6 feet tall.

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I'm 17 and I'm 7'1. Is this considered as gigantism? I just want to know 😊. I have this lump on my forehead which makes me insecure all the time👍

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Does that hurt to be 7'1?

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@@shengo5454 Not really

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How tall are ur parents?

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@@katheronedevereaux4602 I don't play any sports..i always run out of breath when i move a lot actually

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Can you cure acromegaly until your body starts to grow? Like until your features start to get bigger and bigger

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Yes go to the doctor they might give you surgery

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@@nessa9898 I don't have acromegaly I was just asking:D but thanks tho

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A doctor can cure acromegaly but there was a case of a Mexican governor named Pio Pico. Who had acromegaly from what I heard between the ages 43 to 57, from 1844 to 1858,. However in one of his photos at age 89 the signs of acromegaly seem to have went away. He lived until the age of 93 which is extremely rare and still live long.

[@nedkelly33]

There no cure for aromegley you can have surgery to get rid of turma but all that can give is remission I have aromegley I've 21 operation s in the last six year if you don't get growth hormone at a good level you end up blowing up Richard ker had a operation to remove he's turma andra did not so he's heart got so big he died Richard lived to 71

[@The_Man_Who_Sold_the_World.]

I don't know if I have it but I'm too scared to bring it up to a doctor. I have a big jaw, big lips, big Adam's apple, big ears and I'm 3 inches taller than my dad and I'm only 16

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It is important that you discuss with your doctor. No matter how it pans out, you will be happy that you brought it up

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[@chudichika6355]

You can achieve higher growth hormone through meditation

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I am 12 and 5'3 my hands and feet are kinda large and my parents are 5'9 and 5'2

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The Big Show also has it.

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Genetic has no effect on it?

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Acromegaly sometimes runs in families, but most of the time it's not inherited

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