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Adult Growth Hormone Deficiency

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Only recently has the importance of growth hormone in adults been recognized.

Signs and Symptoms
A decrease in the level of growth hormone in adults may result in:

1. Weakened heart muscle contraction and heart rate

2. Increased arterial plaque and blood pressure

3. Elevated lipids or fats in the blood (cholesterol, low density lipoproteins (LDL), triglycerides)

4. Decreased exercise capacity due to decreased cardiac output

5. Decreased energy due to decreased metabolic rate

6. Abnormal body composition (increased abdominal obesity (waist to hip ratio), decreased bone density due to decreased synthesis of bone, increase in fractures and osteoporosis, decreased muscle strength and muscle size, decreased lean body mass, increased fat mass)

7. Problem with sleep quality

8. Decreased social contact

9. Symptoms of low blood sugar (weakness or tiredness, headaches, poor concentration or memory

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HGH Publications

References:
The Human Growth Foundation
Contributions made by:
Lorraine Sosnowski, BSN, CRNI, Ann Arbor, MI

Brian Stabler, Ph.D., UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

Michael O. Thorner, M.B., D.Sc.
UVA Health Sciences Center
Charlottesville, VA.

Reviewed by the HGF Education Committee
1998
www.hgfound.org/res_aghd.signs&symptoms.html

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