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Gigantism - Coggle Diagram
Gigantism
Signs and symptoms
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Excessive growth if the hands, feet, with thick fingers and toes
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Nursing care plan
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Rlecate patients head after surgery to facilitate breathing and fluid drainsge. Do not encourage the patient to cough as it interferes with healing of the operative site
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Pathophysiology
Acromegaly and gigantism are both causes by pituitary adenoma that secretes excessive amounts of growth hormone (GH), rarely they cause the non- pituitary tumors that secrete growth hormone.
Occurs if GH is secreted more, begins in childhood, before close of epiphysis
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Definition
Results from an excessive and hypersecretion of growth hormone from the pituitary gland due to hormonal imbalance