Acromegaly

Acromegaly be a disorder wey dey result in excess growth of certain parts of de human body. E be caused by excess growth hormone (GH) after na de growth plates close. De initial symptom be typically enlargement of de hands den feet. Der sanso be an enlargement of de forehead, jaw, den nose. Oda symptoms fi include joint pain, thickened skin, deepening of de voice, headaches, den problems plus vision. Complications of de disease fi include type 2 diabetes, sleep apnea, den high blood pressure.

Notable people
 Salvatore Baccaro (1932–1984), Italian character actor. 
 Paul Benedict (1938–2008), American actor.

 Mary Ann Bevan (1874–1933), an English woman.
 Eddie Carmel, born Oded Ha-Carmeili (1936–1972), Mandatory Palestine-born entertainer
 Rondo Hatton (1894–1946), American journalist den actor.

 Irwin Keyes (1952–2015), American actor.

 Richard Kiel (1939–2014), actor
 Sultan Kösen
 Neil McCarthy (1932–85), British actor.

 The Great Khali (Dalip Singh Rana), Indian professional wrestler.
 André the Giant (André Roussimoff, 1946–1993), French professional wrestler den actor

 Maximinus Thrax, Roman emperor (, he reign 235–238)
 The French Angel (Maurice Tillet, 1903–1954), Russian-born French professional wrestler.
 Pío Pico, de last Mexican Governor of California (1801–1894)
 Leonel Edmundo Rivero, Argentine tango singer, composer den impresario
 Tony Robbins, motivational speaker
 Antônio "Bigfoot" Silva, Brazilian kickboxer den mixed martial artist.
 Carel Struycken, Dutch actor
 Nikolai Valuev, Russian politician den former professional boxer
 Big Show (Paul Wight), American professional wrestler den actor.
 Pianist den composer Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)
 Matthew McGrory, (1973–2005) American actor
 Marjon van Iwaarden, Dutch singer
 Gheorghe Mureșan, Romanian former basketball player dem nickname The Giant
 Jacob Grommer (1879–1933) Belarusian mathematician.Gutfreund, Hanoch and Jürgen Renn. The Formative Years of Relativity: The History and Meaning of Einstein's Princeton Lectures. Princeton University Press. 2017. Page 393.Denis, Brian. Einstein: A Life. John Wiley & Sons. 1997. Page 169.

 References 

 External links 

 2011 American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists Guideline 
 Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases Information Service

Category:Endocrine-related cutaneous conditions
Category:Growth disorders
Category:Growth hormones
Category:Neuroendocrinology
Category:Pituitary disorders
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