Why is pituitary tumor more common in young and middle-aged people

In recent years, the incidence of pituitary tumors has remained high, especially among young and middle-aged people. Pituitary tumors have brought great harm to people's lives, and severe ones can even endanger their lives. People are beginning to become more and more familiar with this disease. So why are pituitary tumors more common in young and middle-aged people? Let's take a closer look below.

With the changes in the external environment, young people are often easily "targeted" by pituitary tumors due to a series of problems such as high work pressure and irregular diet. Pituitary tumors are one of the brain tumors that are very troubling for young and middle-aged people.

The pituitary gland is the headquarters of the entire endocrine system. Young and middle-aged people have more demands in this regard, that is, they have more physiological demands on the human body, so the probability of problems with endocrine organs is greater. Since the pituitary gland plays a central regulatory role in the entire endocrine system of the human body, and young and middle-aged people are in the stage of vigorous endocrine production, their endocrine system is prone to some problems. These problems are fed back to the pituitary gland, affecting its function and causing pituitary lesions. Therefore, people in this age group are prone to pituitary tumors.

Since pituitary tumors have various early symptoms and some are not obvious, they are easily ignored by young and middle-aged people. Men and women have different symptoms after suffering from pituitary adenomas, and most of them show "gender diseases", such as menopause, lactation, infertility, decreased menstrual flow, breast swelling, etc. in women; men show feminine characteristics such as impotence, lack of sexual desire, lack of beard, thin voice, fine and white skin, etc. Therefore, pituitary adenomas are often misdiagnosed and mistreated.

It is reported that pituitary adenoma is a common benign tumor, accounting for about 10% to 20% of intracranial tumors. Malignant pituitary adenoma is extremely rare. Pituitary adenoma is more common in young and middle-aged people, and has serious damage to the patient's growth, development, labor ability, and reproductive function. Therefore, pituitary adenoma is more harmful to the physical and mental health of the human body than other intracranial tumors.

Many female patients go to the obstetrics and gynecology department for treatment due to amenorrhea, infertility and irregular menstruation. They often undergo many tests and take many medicines. When they are finally diagnosed with pituitary adenoma, they have missed the best time for treatment. Some male patients take kidney-tonifying and aphrodisiac drugs on their own because of impotence and decreased sexual function. As a result, the more they take, the worse their condition becomes. When they go to the hospital for treatment due to decreased vision, they often have an average history of decreased sexual function for 3 to 4 years. Therefore, young and middle-aged friends should go to the neurosurgery department of relevant specialist hospitals for examination and treatment in time if they have any abnormalities in their bodies, so as not to delay the treatment of the disease.