DECRYPTION – A dysfunction of the pituitary gland or the adrenal glands can be translated physically and must lead to consultation.
Hormones secreted more or less? This may be enough to cause physical changes. But these are too often blamed on menopause, aging, etc. And, during this time, the endocrine disease evolves. A real mess, when it would be enough to bring out a photo of yourself from a few years ago and compare to realize that there is a real problem.
The problem can come, for example, from a tumor – almost always benign – of the pituitary gland, a small gland under the brain which controls all the others. “This is the case in acromegaly, linked to an increase in the secretion of growth hormone, indicates the Pr Thierry Brue, endocrinologist and coordinator of the Reference Center for Rare Pituitary Diseases (CRMR Hypo), in Marseille. It is rare – there are three to five new cases per million inhabitants per year – but a delay in diagnosis can cause up to ten years of life expectancy to be lost. However, a simple sign…
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