Excess of HGH

When it comes to excess of the human growth hormone, the most common disorder is a pituitary tumor caused by somatotroph adenomas. Despite the fact that these adenomas are benign and that they grow very slowly, this health problem will have severe repercussions sometimes in the future.

The somatotroph adenomas grow and this means that they produce more and more human growth hormone. At the beginning, this is the only effect of the pituitary tumor: high levels of the HGH in the sufferer’s body.

You’d probably say that sufferers are lucky persons because they have a large quantity of HGH in the body; but this is not quite so…, because the somatotroph adenomas eventually become large enough to cause severe health problems, such as headaches, impair vision by pressure on the sufferer’s optic nerves or cause deficiency of other pituitary hormones by displacement.

A wide range of other problems may appear, from thickening of the bones of the jaw to reduced sexual function and even to a rare form of diabetes.

But maybe the most obvious symptom (and most rare, hopefully) of HGH excess is when this problem appears in childhood.

When the pituitary gland produces by secretion too much HGH inside children’s bodies, then excessive growth of the body (gigantism) can occur. The disease is traditionally referred to as pituitary gigantism.

In these cases, when the pituitary gland produces too much human growth hormone, surgical removal of the HGH-producing tumors remains the only way of treating this health problem.

The human growth hormone has a major role in our bodies, for our health. Even these strange HGH-secreting tumors prove that this “wonder-hormone” has a really significant impact on our bodies.

Too Much or too Little HGH?

The human growth hormone’s effects on our bodies are generally described as anabolic; this means that the HGH determines anabolic (not catabolic) processes inside our bodies. Usually, the anabolic processes the human growth hormone determines inside our bodies involve building up tissues or even organs.

This is why the level of HGH is high in growing teenagers and this is why synthesized HGH is recommended in fighting old age, and as a general adjuvant.

The growth and mineralization of bones and increase in muscle mass are two examples of anabolic processes related to the human growth hormone.

But, despite the fact that these processes and the HGH itself are highly important for our bodies and their health, there are also persons who suffer from excess of HGH or deficiency in HGH. In these cases, the levels of HGH are too high or too low, respectively, for the sufferer’s specific age.

Imagine how significant such health problems really are! Children with excess of HGH won’t stop from growing (gigantism), while children with HGH deficiency will remain smaller than the others. Both of these categories will suffer and have complicated life without having any fault. No matter whether people suffer from excess of HGH or deficiency of HGH and despite the age of the apparition of the disease, any health problem related to the HGH should not be omitted. The sufferers’ bone and muscle structures, their organs and different functions of the body will eventually be affected by these problems.

The HGH has also an important role for our bodies’ immune system; it increases protein synthesis, calcium retention, the mineralization of the bone and muscle mass; it stimulates the growth of organs; reduces liver uptake of glucose and others. So, even a minor dysfunction in the secretion of HGH might have tough repercussions for our health.

Both the excess and the deficiency of HGH are really serious health problems and should be treated likewise.

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