What are the early symptoms of pituitary tumors

When female friends experience amenorrhea and male friends have sexual dysfunction, they should be careful about the occurrence of pituitary tumors. After the occurrence of pituitary tumors, it will cause great harm to the patient's body. Active treatment is very important. After the symptoms are confirmed, timely treatment is required, and attention should be paid to rest and daily care. So, what are the early symptoms of pituitary tumors? Let's take a look.

Pituitary tumor is a very common brain tumor disease. Pituitary tumor is a benign tumor that grows on the pituitary gland. Although it is benign, it can be life-threatening if not treated in time.

The nerve tissue around the pituitary gland is compressed. Patients will experience persistent headaches, decreased vision, visual field defects and fundus changes, mental abnormalities, and severe patients will also develop hydrocephalus, which is a direct threat to life.

Too little hormone secretion means low hormone function. When the pituitary tumor is large, the normal pituitary tissue will be damaged, affecting the pituitary function, leading to low adrenal, thyroid and gonadal function. In mild cases, people will feel weak, prone to colds, have poor spirits and menstrual disorders; in severe cases, they will experience amenorrhea, nausea and vomiting, orthostatic hypotension, myxedema, etc. More serious patients will experience symptoms such as shock, hypoglycemia, high fever, etc., and may even die if not treated in time.

Excessive secretion of hormones, that is, hyperhormone function. For example, growth hormone-producing pituitary tumors, if they occur in children, will manifest as gigantism, making the child particularly tall; if they occur in adults, they will manifest as acromegaly, and the patient's chin and nose will inexplicably become larger, the face will change, the hands and feet will also increase, the size of shoes and socks will continue to increase, and blood sugar will also increase. Prolactin-producing pituitary tumors are the most common pituitary tumors. Male patients often show decreased libido, impotence, and feminine tendencies such as hair and beard loss; female patients show irregular menstruation or even amenorrhea, galactorrhea, and infertility.

Through the above introduction, people may think that the early symptoms of pituitary tumors are not very serious, but everyone must pay attention to the disease of pituitary tumors, because the symptoms of pituitary tumors in the middle and late stages are very serious and can seriously harm people's bodies. Therefore, everyone must correctly understand pituitary tumors and protect their own bodies.