Symptoms:Fatigue ,Headaches,Low tolerance for stress,Muscle weakness ,Nausea ,Constipation ,Weight loss or gain ,A decline in appetite ,Abdominal discomfort ,Sensitivity to cold or difficulty staying warm ,Visual disturbances,Loss of underarm and pubic hair,Joint stiffness,Hoarseness ,Facial puffiness ,Thirst and excess urination ,Low blood pressure ,Lightheadedness when standingBody Systems affected: Hypopituitarism is a disorder in which your body doesn’t make enough pituitary hormones. The pituitary gland is a small, bean-shaped gland at the base of your brain. It is a major controlling part of your body’s endocrine system, a group of glands that produce and secrete hormones to regulate your body’s processes. In hypopituitarism, the pituitary gland fails to produce, or doesn’t produce enough of, one or more of its hormones. When your pituitary gland doesn’t produce enough hormones, your body functions are affected.
Sources: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/hypopituitarism/DS00479/DSECTION=symptoms
http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/common/hormone/912.html
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Hormone replacement medications may include:
* Corticosteroids. These drugs, such as hydrocortisone or prednisone, replace the adrenal hormones that aren't being produced because of an adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) deficiency. You take them by mouth.
* Levothyroxine (Levoxyl, Synthroid, others). This medication replaces deficient thyroid hormone levels caused by low or deficient TSH production.
* Sex hormones. These include testosterone in men and estrogen or a combination of estrogen and progesterone in women. Testosterone is administered through the skin with either a patch, a gel or by injection. Female hormone replacement can be administered with either pills or patches.
* Desmopressin (DDAVP). You take these hormones to replace ADH and to reduce your body's loss of water through frequent urination. Desmopressin is taken as a nasal spray, oral tablet or by injection.
* Growth hormone. Also called somatropin, growth hormone is taken through an injection beneath your skin. It promotes growth, thus producing more normal height in children. Adults with a growth hormone deficiency also may benefit from growth hormone replacement, but they won't become taller.
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/hypopituitarism/DS00479/DSECTION=treatments-and-drugs
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