Details Descriptions About :: acromegaly Acromegaly causes symptoms treatment Description of Acromegaly DefinitionAccording to dictionary definition Acromegaly is a disorder that causes enlargement of hands and feet due to excessive presence of growth hormones Signs and Symptoms According to dictionary definition Common symptoms are, 1. Doughy-feeling skin over the face and extremities2. Thick and hard...
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DISORDERS OF GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT Growth is dependent on GH, IGF, sex steroids, thyroid hormones, paracrine growth factors and cytokines. Growth also requires caloric energy, amino acids, vitamins and trace metals. Short stature results due to intrinsic and extrinsic factors which impair growth. Growth GHD Causes may be : Most common...
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Endocrine Hypertension adrenal Hypertension primary hyperaldosteronism there is sodium retention ion with loss of potassium. So there is natremia and hypokalemia with hypertension. diagnosis is by serum K+ level estimation. hyperaldosteronism may be due to a tumor Iateral adrenal hyperplasia. The tumor may be removed and the hypertension curable. diseasese...
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