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Underactive Pituitary Gland : Complications

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Complications List

Complications could include:
  • Delay in sexual development and puberty
  • Failure to lactate

Complications Overview Articles

Hypopituitarism
Side effects of drug therapy can develop. In severe illness, failing to take extra corticosteroids can be life-threatening.
Source:ADAM
Date:March 18, 2008
Hypopituitarism
Hypopituitarism is loss of function in an endocrine gland due to failure of the pituitary gland to secrete hormones which stimulate that gland's function. The pituitary gland is located at the base of the brain. Patients diagnosed with hypopituita...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Hypopituitarism
Hypopituitarism, also known as the underactivity of the pituitary gland (an endocrine gland), is loss of function in the pituitary and the failure to secrete hormones that affect many of the body's functions. The pea-sized pituitary gland is locat...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health

Specific Complications Articles

Delayed growth
Delayed growth involves poor or abnormally slow gains in weight or height in a child younger than 5 years old. See also: Short stature
Source:ADAM
Date:February 14, 2007
Infertility
Infertility is the inability to become pregnant after 12 months of unprotected sex (intercourse.
Source:ADAM
Date:February 5, 2008
Infertility
Infertility is the failure of a couple to conceive a pregnancy after trying to do so for at least one full year. In primary infertility, pregnancy has never occurred.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Infertility
Infertility is the failure of a couple to conceive a pregnancy after trying to do so for at least one full year. In primary infertility, pregnancy has never occurred.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Infertility
Infertility is the failure to conceive a pregnancy after attempting for at least one full year. In primary infertility, pregnancy has never occurred.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Weight loss - unintentional
Unintentional weight loss is a decrease in body weight that is not voluntary. In other words, you did not try to loss the weight by dieting or exercising. See: Intentional weight loss
Source:ADAM
Date:January 22, 2007
Weight Loss
Weight loss is a reduction in body mass characterized by a loss of adipose tissue (body fat) and skeletal muscle. Unintentional weight loss is the most common symptom of cancer and often a side effect of cancer treatments.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
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