Question 1

what can cause pituitary gland thickening?

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Pituitary: Stalk thickening can be a sign of a tumor. Discuss with your doctor.

Question 2

could you live without your pituitary gland?

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Yes with treatment: Yes, with replacement hormones. Such treatment is complex and usually requires careful management by an endocrinologist. But sometimes necessary if it isn&#x27;t possible to save the pituitary, e.g. after surgery for a tumor in the area.

Question 3

what are the common pituitary gland disorders?

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Pituitary Dis: Pituitary gland  has two parts, the adenohypophysis produces hormones like fsh, lh, human growth, igf-1, prolactin, and prolactin releasing dactors, acth, beta-endorphine, tsh, melanocyte stimulating hormone. On the posterior part or neuro-hypophysis: vasopresin or anti-diuretic hormone, oxitocine. Most. Common conditions are bening tumors producing excessive hormone(prolactinomas) or lack of hormo.

Question 4

what can you do to stimulate the pituitary gland?

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Several ways: Exercise is one of the easiest and most natural ways to stimulate the pituitary gland.
Maintaining a proper body weight often helps to stimulate the pituitary gland and increase production of hgh and eating healthy diet.

Question 5

should i be concerned about my enlarged pituitary gland?

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See your doctor: Having these types of symptoms can best be solved by having your doctor perform a thorough evaluation.  Only through this type of process can he/she discover what's going on and how best to help you.

Question 6

what is the definition or description of: pituitary gland?

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Master gland: The pituitary is the source of several hormonal stimulation pathways, such as acth to stimulate the adrenal gland, TSH for the thyroid, but the posterior aspect deals with fluid and electrolyte stabilization (anti-diuretic hormone).

Question 7

i'm just wondering, if you were to control the pituitary gland in females, what would happen?

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What do you mean?: Your question makes no sense.  The pituitary gland is the "master" gland, controlling other hormone systems in your body.  If it is not working correctly there are various treatments depending on what hormone is affected.

Question 8

what can cause hyperplasia of the pituitary gland?

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Pituitary: Are you reading a path report? Hyperplasia means proliferation of cells. Pituitary cells can do this for many reasons. Normal physiology, eg. lactating, pregnancy, growth spurt during teens.  If you are hypothyroid, your pituitary will increase TSH -cells.  Abnormal hormone production (prolactin, ACTH, GH) would involve hyperplasia. The path report must be correlated with the overall picture.

Question 9

what is the condition or dx called when a person has no pituitary gland at all?

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: Pituitary aplasia

Question 10

how harmful is cancer of the pituitary gland?

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Extremely rare: However, any cancer that isn't treated by surgery, radiation or chemotherapy will eventually kill the person who has it. A pituitary adenoma and a craniopharyngioma (a dangerous benign tumor that arises near the pituitary) are both to be distinguished from cancer but both need to be managed.

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