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2. Acromegaly - Wikipedia

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   Diabetes that occurs with acromegaly is treated with the typical medications, but successful lowering of growth hormone levels often alleviates symptoms of diabetes. [11] Hypogonadism without gonad destruction is reversible with treatment. [11] Acromegaly is associated with a slightly elevated risk of cancer. [30]

3. Gigantism - Wikipedia

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   Gigantism is the primary example of growth hormone hyper-secretion disorders, a group of illnesses that are not yet deeply understood. [6] Some common mutations have been associated with gigantism. Pediatric gigantism patients have shown to have duplications of genes on a specific chromosome, Xq26.

4. Hyperpituitarism - Wikipedia

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   Hyperpituitarism is a condition due to the primary hypersecretion of pituitary hormones; [3] [medical citation needed] it typically results from a pituitary adenoma.In children with hyperpituitarism, disruption of growth regulation is rare, either because of hormone hypersecretion or because of manifestations caused by local compression of the adenoma.

5. What Adults Should Know About Their Risk Of Being Diagnosed ...

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   But the symptoms of adult-onset type 1, or LADA, can often resemble those of type 2 diabetes. “In general, adults with type 1 experience less severe symptoms than children,” Dr. Zonszein says ...

6. Growth hormone therapy - Wikipedia

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   GH treatment usually decreases insulin sensitivity, [24] but some studies showed no evidence for increased diabetes incidence in GH-treated adult hypopituitary patients. [ 25 ] In past it was believed that GH treatment could increase the cancer risk; a large study recently concluded that "With relatively short follow-up, the overall primary ...

7. Pituitary disease - Wikipedia

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   Gigantism: overproduction growth hormone: Cushing's disease: overproduction: adrenocorticotropic hormone: Growth hormone deficiency: underproduction: growth hormone: Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone: overproduction: vasopressin: Diabetes insipidus (can also be nephrogenic) underproduction: vasopressin: Sheehan syndrome ...