Acromegaly (from Greek akros "high" and megas "large" - extremities enlargement) is a hormonal disorder that results when the pituitary gland produces excess growth hormone (hGH). ...
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Hello. I am Alexandria and i am a sophomore at Williams Field High School in Gilbert, Arizona. I am very sorry to bother everyone, but i would appreciate it if anyone could answer a few questions for me.I am doing a report on Acromegaly and was wondering if someone could give me more personal information on the subject.
1. What causes Acromegaly? How does a person get the disease? 2. What research is currently being done to fight Acromegaly? 3. How is the disease currently being treated? 4. How many people get Acromegaly and at what age do people normally show signs? 5. How well can a person carry on normal daily activities? 6. Are there any drugs or medications for people to help them cope with Acromegaly? 7. What are the most common characteristics of Acromegaly? 8. Do males and females show different symptoms? 9. How close are groups to a cure for Acromegaly? 10. Are there different severity levels of the disease? If so, what are they? Posted on 03/05/08, 10:03 pm |
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This is interesting that someone would do a report on this as to how rare this condition is how did you come to pick Acromegaly?People are on here as they dont know all the answers we are learning and supporting each other.Please dont take this the wrong way but I am not doing all your study for you as I would say to my own children.The personal information yes on my personal experience yes happy to answer the questions on statistics no reading some profiles may help with some answers as we are all different.3.Surgery drugs,radiation.5.I can carry on with normal activities before drug struggled as was very tired.6 some drugs help some others are finding no its not helping in my case yes my Drug has helped me a great deal.8 no different just the list of symptons are long and affect both men and women.10.Depends on when diagnosed as this condition is rarer alot of people have pit tumours but acromegaly rarer I am the only person diagnosed at my surgery and they ask me questions because they have not come across this before.Hope this helps a little JJx 
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It's not that I wont research the subject, I already know the answers to many of those questions. Our teacher asked us to get an interview with those questions from someone who either had the disease or knew someone with the disesse. I thought that joining a support group would be a good way to talk to someone with the disease or who knows personaly of it. Thank you for your time.
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Hi Alexandria thats good and I am all for Acromegaly being looked into.I was not having a go lets narrow the questions down as you know some of the answers what would you like to know more and I would be happy to answer JJ
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Why did you choose this topic?
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Hi Alexandria, I have three kids, so I will answer one of your question. They don't know for sure what causes acromegaly, they think it is probably caused from a mutant gene, DNA studies are currently being done to see if we all have something in common. Try the PNA website and the Mayo clinic site. Good Luck.
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