What are the late symptoms of pituitary tumors

Some patients with pituitary tumors are not diagnosed until the late stages because their early symptoms are not obvious. In the late stages, it has a greater impact on the patient's life. It is necessary for everyone to understand some of its symptoms and go to the hospital for treatment in time when physical discomfort occurs. So, what are the late symptoms of pituitary tumors? Let's take a look.

The main symptoms of late-stage pituitary tumors include:

1. Hormone changes: Various types of secretory adenomas can secrete excessive hormones, which can cause different symptoms of hyperendocrine hyperfunction in the early stages. Non-secreting adenomas can compress and destroy anterior pituitary cells, resulting in a decrease in troponin and corresponding target cell dysfunction, which can cause clinical symptoms of endocrine hypofunction. A few cases of endocrine adenomas can also cause hypopituitarism in the late stages of the disease.

2. Proximal symptoms: caused by the pituitary tumor growing outside the sella turcica and compressing adjacent structures.

3. Symptoms of optic nerve compression: The upward growth of the pituitary tumor can raise the diaphragm sellae or break through the diaphragm sellae to compress the optic nerve chiasm upward, causing changes in vision and visual field.

4. Headache: About 2/3 of patients with non-secretory pituitary tumors may have headaches, but they are not too serious. The tumor grows into the third ventricle and blocks the interventricular foramen, causing increased intracranial pressure, which can cause diffuse headaches. Sometimes intratumoral bleeding or tumor cyst rupture can cause acute and severe headaches.

The general prevention methods for pituitary tumors are:

1. Psychological comfort: Pituitary tumors are benign tumors in the brain. Surgery is effective and you can return to normal work after recovery.

2. Improve nutrition, eat more fresh, high-protein foods, strengthen your physical fitness, and help your body recover soon after illness.

3. Radiotherapy usually lasts about one month after surgery. During radiotherapy, avoid going to public places, pay attention to nutrition, and measure blood counts regularly.

4. Take medication as prescribed by your doctor and have a CT scan once a year.

Warm reminder: Don’t ignore the occurrence of pituitary tumors. This is a common disease. In daily life, many patients will experience headaches, which seriously affect the patient’s health. You need to pay attention to this situation to avoid compression of the optic nerve. If you have vision abnormalities, go to a relevant specialist hospital for treatment in time.