General information, not an individual diagnosis. Ask a healthcare professional if you are unsure about your situation.
Acromegaly involves excess growth hormone. In adults, changes to the face, hands or feet often develop gradually over time.
Growth hormone release fluctuates. A single measurement is insufficient; the endocrinologist arranges appropriate tests, sometimes including glucose suppression testing.
MRI looks particularly for a pituitary adenoma. It locates a lesion but does not replace tests assessing its hormone activity.
Assessment may examine the visual field and other pituitary hormones. It checks effects on nearby structures and on hormonal function.
The heart, diabetes, sleep or colon may also require appropriate investigations. Symptoms therefore cannot all be explained by adenoma size alone.
Ask which tests confirm hormone excess, which assess its consequences and how findings will guide discussion between the endocrinologist and neurosurgeon.
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