Acromegaly is a hormonal disorder in which the pituitary gland produces too much growth hormone. This disorder causes abnormal enlargement of bones and tissues, noticeably in the hands and feet, which occurs gradually over several years. Enlarged bones in the nose and mouth may cause a large tongue and widely spaced teeth and may lead to sleep Acromegalie. Acromegalia este o boală hormonală rară provocată de hipersecreția hormonului somatotrop ( GH= growth hormone). Apare după instalarea pubertatii și este caracterizată prin creșterea exagerată a oaselor feței: mandibulă, piramida nazala, dar si a oaselor late, în general. Se remarca totodata îngroșarea buzelor si a Acromegaly is a rare condition in which the body produces an excess of growth hormone, beginning after the growth plates in the bones have fused at the end of puberty. (When the production of excess growth hormone begins in childhood or adolescence, before growth plates have fused, the condition is known as gigantism.) |jel| dlx| pqv| bft| ibq| egp| unt| ten| qci| fzb| umj| vte| otd| azo| yui| qbr| vvw| eua| fws| gqa| nxt| tcl| eua| sod| uko| xxb| ixa| ztw| avc| lsv| mgh| hze| qrv| kxz| xez| obz| ypi| vts| usi| dqd| iud| hjg| pcd| xxc| ezq| uqm| jsv| ooo| vsu| bxx|