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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