Interesting facts
The Brain weighs about 3 pounds
Several famous people have had Acromegaly.
Andre the giant from the move "The princess bride" and also a wrestler had Acromegaly.
Alos actor Richard kiel who played in one of the James Bond movies as the steel-tooth character jaws.
Acromegaly is not necessarily hereditary, it is actually very rarely received from being passed down from a member in your family.
Acromegaly is a very uncommon diagnoses, but once you have it it can be treated with surgery. This though does not make your body go back to the regular size it should be.
Once an adult you do not gain anymore height, but your bones start tend to widen instead.
Once you have got treatments it is likely that your face, hands and feet may shrink a little due to the fact that most of it was from soft tissue enlargement.
The Pituitary gland is about the size of a pea!
Several famous people have had Acromegaly.
Andre the giant from the move "The princess bride" and also a wrestler had Acromegaly.
Alos actor Richard kiel who played in one of the James Bond movies as the steel-tooth character jaws.
Acromegaly is not necessarily hereditary, it is actually very rarely received from being passed down from a member in your family.
Acromegaly is a very uncommon diagnoses, but once you have it it can be treated with surgery. This though does not make your body go back to the regular size it should be.
Once an adult you do not gain anymore height, but your bones start tend to widen instead.
Once you have got treatments it is likely that your face, hands and feet may shrink a little due to the fact that most of it was from soft tissue enlargement.
The Pituitary gland is about the size of a pea!