HGH Deficiency in Adults

After a certain age, the pituitary gland is continually decreasing the quantity of human growth hormone it produces. When a person becomes sexually mature, the process of body growth eventually ends, and the quantity of HGH becomes insignificant. However, the pituitary gland will never stop from producing its hormone. Practically, the human growth hormone continues to be secreted throughout our entire life. The only thing that changes after a certain age is the quantity of HGH the pituitary gland is able to produce by secretion.

So, in adult persons the human growth hormone’s contribution is to maintain the persons’ bodies muscle and bone mass. Their strength and their life’s quality and productivity are also influenced by the human growth hormone.

In adults the human growth hormone deficiency’s main effects are the following:

* reduced muscle and bone mass and strength
* reduced physical, mental, and social energy and resilience
* impaired concentration and loss of memory
* mild or even severe forms of depression
* neuralgic arthralgias
* increased body fat, particularly around the waistline
* increased levels of cholesterol
* increased mortality because of cardiovascular diseases

In adults, the HGH deficiency is often caused by other health problems, as shown previously, so the hormone deficiency might have more or less important secondary effects.

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