Who are the high-risk groups for pituitary tumors?

I believe everyone has heard of pituitary tumors. This is a serious disease that endangers physical health, so it should be taken seriously by everyone, especially some groups of people who need to pay more attention. These people are much more likely to suffer from pituitary tumors than other groups. So, in which groups do pituitary tumors often occur? Let the experts introduce you to the details below.

1. Gigantism or acromegaly. Due to the vigorous secretion of growth hormone, these people are different from normal humans. Their physical characteristics are easy to identify and they are also prone to brain tumors, so we must pay more attention and prevent them early.

2. Long-term amenorrhea and infertility are likely to be hidden dangers of brain tumors. The tumor suppresses the normal secretion of hormones, resulting in excessive prolactin. People in this group should also be alert to brain tumors.

3. Due to the pressure of the tumor, vision gradually deteriorates, leading to visual field defects, decreased vision, blurred vision, etc.

4. People who are prone to headaches often experience severe headaches accompanied by nausea, coma and other symptoms. This group of people are also more likely to develop brain tumors.

5. Prolactin-secreting pituitary tumor: the most common, accounting for about 39%, with the onset age mostly between 30 and 40 years old. Female patients mainly present with irregular menstruation or even amenorrhea, galactorrhea, and eventually lead to female infertility.

6. Growth hormone-producing pituitary tumor: The main manifestations are gigantism or acromegaly, facial changes, enlarged hands and feet, and in the later stages of the disease, arthritis, heart failure, diabetes, hypertension, and changes in vision and visual field caused by optic nerve compression. If this disease is not actively treated, it can cause premature death due to the continuous aggravation of the disease.

7. ACTH-type pituitary tumor: The main manifestations are obesity, moon face, hirsutism, purple striae (purple-red skin wrinkles on the body), osteoporosis, muscle weakness, etc., often accompanied by hypertension and hyperglycemia.

The above introduces the high-risk population for pituitary tumors. Experts say that pituitary tumors grow relatively slowly, so the symptoms of early pituitary tumors are not very obvious. For the above people, they should pay more attention to changes in their bodies. Once the opportunity for treatment is seized, the difficulty of treatment will be reduced.