Will I die if I have a pituitary tumor?

The incidence of pituitary tumors is getting higher and higher. More and more people are suffering from pituitary tumors and are deeply tortured by them. Many patients with this disease will become very negative. They think all day long whether they will die from pituitary tumors. They are very depressed. I have collected a lot of information. Now let's learn about this question together!

In fact, if you have a pituitary tumor, you will not die if you actively treat it. Therefore, patients should go to a regular hospital for treatment in time. Now let's take a look at the methods of treating pituitary tumors:

1. Surgical treatment: mainly includes craniotomy and transsphenoidal minimally invasive surgery.

2. Radiation therapy: It has a certain effect on pituitary adenomas. It can control the development of tumors, sometimes shrink tumors, and improve visual field, but it cannot cure the disease fundamentally.

3. Drug treatment: Bromocriptine is a semi-synthetic ergotamine alkaloid that can stimulate the dopamine receptors of pituitary cells to reduce the effect of prolactin in the blood. Taking bromocriptine can shrink prolactin adenoma, restore menstruation and ovulation, and inhibit pathological galactorrhea, but bromocriptine cannot fundamentally cure prolactin adenoma. After stopping the drug, it can continue to grow and symptoms will reappear. In addition, bromocriptine can also alleviate symptoms of growth hormone cell adenoma, but the dosage is large and the efficacy is poor.

Therefore, it is not terrible to have a pituitary tumor. Patients should receive treatment in a regular hospital in time. At ordinary times, they should pay attention to eating more foods rich in vitamin A, carotene and vitamin B2; at the same time, choose foods high in phospholipids to strengthen the brain, such as egg yolk, fish, shrimp, walnuts, peanuts, etc.; and consciously choose more eggs, animal liver, kidney, carrots, spinach, millet, Chinese cabbage, tomatoes, day lily, water spinach, wolfberry, etc. Actively cooperate with the doctor's treatment, you will not die, the cure rate is very high.