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Pituitary disorders - Symptoms

Symptoms of pituitary tumours may include headache, nausea and vomiting, or visual disturbances. People with a pituitary tumour may also experience symptoms of pituitary hormone deficiencies or overproduction, depending on the size and type of tumour.

Symptoms of pituitary hormone deficiency would depend on the hormone that is lacking. These include:
  • Cortisol: feeling lethargic, giddy, or having nausea and vomiting
  • Thyroid hormone: feeling cold more easily, feeling lethargic, unexplained weight gain, constipation
  • Sex hormones: loss of libido (sex drive), infertility, erectile dysfunction in males, abnormal menstrual cycles in women.
  • Growth hormone: feeling lethargic, developing increased fat and reduced lean muscle mass
  • Anti-diuretic hormone: feeling abnormally thirsty and passing large amounts of urine

Symptoms of pituitary hormone overproduction would depend on the hormone that is being overproduced. These include:
  • Cortisol: Weight gain (especially around the face and abdomen, at the back of the neck and above the collar bones), easy bruising of the skin, purplish stretch marks, reddish complexion, weakness especially in the upper arms and thighs, mood disturbances, high blood pressure, and diabetes mellitus.
  • Thyroid hormone: feeling hot more easily, tremors, unexplained weight loss, loose or frequent stools, palpitations.
  • Growth hormone: unexplained increase in the size of hands and feet, enlargement of the nose and jaw bone, excessive sweating, development of skin tags, sleep apnea or snoring, carpal tunnel syndrome, high blood pressure, and diabetes mellitus.
  • Prolactin: loss of libido (sex drive), infertility, erectile dysfunction in males, abnormal menstrual cycles and milky nipple discharge in women.

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