What causes pituitary tumors

What causes pituitary tumors? I believe this is a question that many people are concerned about. Perhaps you don’t know much about pituitary tumors. It is a relatively harmful disease that will cause great harm to the patient’s physical and mental health. Everyone should pay attention and take measures in advance to prevent this disease, thereby reducing unnecessary troubles to the body. So today we will understand what causes pituitary tumors?

1. Damage to surrounding structures of the tumor: As the tumor grows, it invades and compresses surrounding important structures, such as the optic nerve, cavernous sinus, basilar cerebral artery, hypothalamus, third ventricle, brain stem, etc., leading to corresponding functional disorders, manifested as decreased vision, visual field defect, hemiplegia, fixed eyeball, diplopia, intellectual and memory disorders, mental changes, headache, hydrocephalus, etc.

2. Endocrine disorders: Pituitary tumors with secretory functions secrete excessive hormones, which can cause menstrual disorders, lactation, miscarriage, infertility, obesity, ugly face, gigantism, enlarged hands and feet, increased hair, rough skin, etc.; those with hypopituitarism will show symptoms of fatigue, fear of cold, etc.

3. Metabolic disorders: decreased blood potassium, sodium, chloride, and calcium, weakness, vomiting, nausea, diarrhea, abdominal distension, spontaneous fractures of multiple ribs and vertebrae. Low immune function: easy to catch colds and cancer. Psychological pressure. Pituitary adenoma can occur at any age, but it is more common in young and middle-aged people. Because pituitary tumors have serious damage to human growth, development, physical and mental health, fertility, and multi-organ functions, patients with pituitary tumors should actively seek early treatment.

4. Multiple organ damage: Hypersecretion of pituitary hormones causes damage to the functions of many organs, resulting in heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, cerebral arteriosclerosis, and cerebral ischemia.

I believe that everyone has a certain understanding of the above introduction. In addition to preventing the disease in a timely manner, patients should also learn more about the symptoms of pituitary tumors, so as to discover them in time and go to the hospital for treatment in time to reduce the harm caused by pituitary tumors.