• April 25, 2024

Exhausted , limb growth , excessive sweating , headache and large facial bones, are some of the characteristics of the agromegaly .

This disease is caused by the abnormal production of growth hormone after the normal structure of the skeleton and other organs has been completed.

In Mexico, the prevalence is 16 cases per million inhabitants. In this regard, the doctor Moisés Mercado , head of endocrinology Hospital of Specialties of the National Medical Center Siglo XXI , points out that the agromegaly It is an underdiagnosed disorder, since it happens between 7 to 10 years before the patient is detected this disease.

What causes agromegaly?

During the Sanofi Summit 2013 , the expert in endocrinology, stated that the cause of the increase in the release of the hormone is, generally, a non-cancerous (benign) tumor of the hypophysis :

"This gland, which is located just below the brain, controls the production and release of several different hormones, including growth hormone."

Genetic influence plays a very important role in the development of this disease and is caused by a gene called AIP which was identified in 2006:

"It is a disease that can occur at any age, although most of the time, it occurs in adults."

According to the doctor Mercado agromegalia affects the emotional life of the patient, since little by little he is "getting ugly" and his limbs, as well as his internal organs, grow.

Although it is a rare and expensive disease, the expert in this disease states that in Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) has all the instruments and medicines to treat it.

Video Medicine: Acromegaly ¦ Treatment and Symptoms (April 2024).