Also, certain cancers are more common in people who have acromegaly. Gigantism Gigantism is the same disorder as Acromegaly, except that it begins in children and adolescents instead of in adults. The pituitary gland overproduces growth hormone, usually because of a Pituitary tumor. Overproduction of this hormone causes excessive growth of all parts of the body. The main difference between the two forms of the disease is that acromegaly occurs when the arm and leg bones have stopped growing, and gigantism occurs when they are still growing so that the young person grows to giant proportions.
Treatment is the same as acromegaly.
In the normal production of urine, your kidneys first filter water and other substances from your blood. The kidneys then reabsorb almost all of the filtered water, leaving urine ready to be excreted from your body. The absorbed water is returned to the bloodstream to maintain the correct concentrations of minerals, proteins, and other nutrients in blood and body fluids. If you lose a lot of body water because of fever, perspiration, vomiting, or diarrhea, for example, the kidneys reabsorb almost all of the filtered water and a small amount of concentrated urine is excreted. On the other hand, if you drink large amounts of water, the kidneys reabsorb less filtered water, and a large amount of dilute urine is produced.