The resulting brain tumor was a pituitary growth hormone adenoma (GH adenoma). The reason for the sudden weight gain and ugliness is that GH adenomas secrete a large amount of growth hormone.
GH adenoma is a disease that occurs before the closure of the epiphysis, leading to gigantism, and after the closure of the epiphysis, leading to acromegaly. Everyone should know about gigantism, so I won’t go into details here. Let me do a little bit of science on acromegaly.
My overall impression of the disease would be a disfiguring one. Due to the growth-promoting effect of growth hormone, patients with acromegaly will have enlarged head, facial features, limbs, hands and feet, and trunk.
The face will show a kind of prominent parts that are particularly prominent and broad parts, such as the eyebrow arch, cheekbones, etc., will be relatively prominent. Such as nose, lips are relatively wider. As for the mandible, it is broad and prominent.
Because the epiphysis has closed, the limbs and trunk cannot grow any longer, and acromegaly causes them to grow laterally and become thicker and thicker. The whole person looks very rough. If it is a woman, the appearance will be masculine.
With today’s increasing health awareness, it is not common for acromegaly to drag on to severe bony changes. I was fortunate enough to meet a woman as a child who suffered from this disease. At that time she set up a stall in front of my kindergarten. I passed by and was frightened to death by her face. My first reaction was to see a monster. Later, when my dad gave me popular science, I learned about acromegaly for the first time. In short, the disfigurement is very serious.
In addition, growth hormone can also promote visceral growth, regulate material metabolism and energy metabolism, and shift energy metabolism from sugar metabolism to fat metabolism. Patients with acromegaly may also be associated with hyperandrogenism (in women), sexual dysfunction, hyperthyroidism, infertility, hyperprolactinemia, and type 2 diabetes. The woman in the hot search has diabetes at the same time.
Fortunately, this disease can still be treated. If you feel that you are getting rougher as you grow older, you should come to the hospital as soon as possible, maybe it is this kind of disease~
Author: Dr. Chen of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Introduction: Obstetrician and obstetrician, author of medical science in a tertiary hospital
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