What is Hypopituitarism?
What is Hypopituitarism?
- Hypopituitarism: A disorder caused by reduced pituitary hormone levels. Hormones produce by the pituitary gland produces growth hormones, prolactin, thyroid stimulating hormone, antidiuretic hormone and others.
- Hypopituitarism: Diminution or cessation of secretion of one or more hormones from the anterior pituitary gland (including LH; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; SOMATOTROPIN; and CORTICOTROPIN). This may result from surgical or radiation ablation, non-secretory PITUITARY NEOPLASMS, metastatic tumors, infarction, PITUITARY APOPLEXY, infiltrative or granulomatous processes, and other conditions.
Source - Diseases Database
Hypopituitarism is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Hypopituitarism, or a subtype of Hypopituitarism,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Hypopituitarism: Introduction
Types of Hypopituitarism:
Broader types of Hypopituitarism:
How serious is Hypopituitarism?
Complications of Hypopituitarism:
see complications of Hypopituitarism
What causes Hypopituitarism?
Causes of Hypopituitarism: see causes of Hypopituitarism
What are the symptoms of Hypopituitarism?
Symptoms of Hypopituitarism:
see symptoms of Hypopituitarism
Complications of Hypopituitarism:
see complications of Hypopituitarism
Hypopituitarism: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Hypopituitarism.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Hypopituitarism.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Hypopituitarism:
see treatments for Hypopituitarism
Research for Hypopituitarism:
see research for Hypopituitarism
Society issues for Hypopituitarism
Hospitalization statistics for Hypopituitarism:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Hypopituitarism:
- 0.016% (2,061) of hospital consultant episodes were for hypofunction and other disorders of pituitary gland in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 94% of hospital consultant episodes for hypofunction and other disorders of pituitary gland required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 54% of hospital consultant episodes for hypofunction and other disorders of pituitary gland were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 46% of hospital consultant episodes for hypofunction and other disorders of pituitary gland were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 14% of hospital consultant episodes for hypofunction and other disorders of pituitary gland required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Organs Affected by Hypopituitarism:
Organs and body systems related to Hypopituitarism include:
Name and Aliases of Hypopituitarism
Main name of condition: Hypopituitarism
Other names or spellings for Hypopituitarism:
under-active pituitary
Adenohypophyseal hyposecretion, Pituitary failure
Source - Diseases Database
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