An Acromegalic may experience a few or many of the symptoms listed. During the course of the disease additional symptoms, some of a more severe nature, may develop. Finally, this document is written from the perspective of a mature Acromegalic. Before puberty excessive growth to extreme height. After puberty, inappropriate growth.
Growth can be of the fingers, hands, feet, jaw, eye ridges, and head.
Soft tissue growth can be both external, such as the pads of the fingers or swelling of the feet, or internal with virtually every internal organ being enlarged. Fingers can become fat so rings do not fit, the feet large and wide so that shoes do not fit, and the head larger so that hats do not fit. Growth of the jaw may lead to separations or big gaps between the teeth. The tongue may grow and become very wide. Due to the slow development of physical changes, this insidious disease may take many years before a correct diagnosis is made.