How to determine if you have Human Growth Hormone deficiencies

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Tip 1 - Growth Hormone Deficiency

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Philippe Dossin | permalink

For further reading: http://www.healthline.com/health/growth-hormone-deficiency ^[1]

Tip 2 - Growth hormone deficiency - children: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Kebo Drew | permalink

For further reading: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001176.htm ^[2]

Tip 3 - Adult growth hormone deficiency

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Jackie Rainey | permalink

Adult growth hormone deficiency (AGHD) is being recognized increasingly and has been thought to be associated with premature mortality. Pituitary tumors are the commonest cause for AGHD. Growth hormone deficiency (GHD) has been associated with neuropsychiatric-cognitive, ...

For further reading: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3183535/ ^[3]

Tip 4 - Signs And Symptoms of Adult Growth Hormone Deficiency » Human Growth Foundation

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Crystal Ramirez | permalink

Diagnosis of AGHD Until several years ago, the growth hormone stimulation test (GHST), which measures the capacity of the pituitary to produce growth, was considered the principal criteria for the diagnosis of AGHD. During the past several years, the accuracy of the GHST to determine whether a person has AGHD has been increasingly questioned because …

For further reading: http://hgfound.org/resources/adult-growth-hormone-deficiency/signs-and-symptoms-of-adult-growth-hormone-deficiency/ ^[4]