When you look up acromegaly symptoms you’ll find at the top of the list or the only ones on the list:
✋️Large Hands and Feet
👱 Enlarged Facial Features
🎤 Deepened, Husky Voice due to Enlarged Vocal Chords and Sinuses
🤓 Impaired Vision
😛 Enlarged Tongue
🖤 Enlarged Liver, Heart, Kidneys, Spleen and other Organs
🤷♂️ Barrel Chest
ALL LATE DIAGNOSIS SYMPTOMS
WE NEED EARLY DIAGNOSIS.
Other symptoms you don’t typically find under acromegaly
🤷♀️ Loss of Memory/Poor Concentration
🤷♀️Fatigue/Weakness in Limbs
🤦♀️Pain and Limited Joint Mobility
🤰Lactation While NOT Pregnant
🤐 Eating Disorders
😴Sleeping Problem/Apnea or Hypersomnia
👧Premature or Delayed Puberty
🖤High Blood Pressure
🖤Diabetes
🖤Insulin Resistance
👴🏻Unusual Hair Growth/Hair Loss
👩⚕️Irregular Menses
👩⚕️Fluid Retention/Edema
👅Dry Mouth
✍️Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
The Second list is full of many common symptoms. When they find nothing….they need to test for rare disease.
AWARENESS is so important. How do I emphasize how incredibly important this is.
Please consider buying a shirt and wearing it out in public. http://tinyurl.com/acrowhat2
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