I-gland ebaluleke kunazo zonke ohlelweni lwe-endocrine yi-pituitary gland. Lesi sitho esincane, esiyingxenye engezansi engaphansi kwengqondo, silawula ukukhiqizwa kwazo zonke amahomoni abalulekile, kanye nokuhlushwa kwabo egazini. Ngakho-ke, izifo ze-pituitary zibhekwa njengesisusa esikhulu se-endocrine pathologies, ukwephulwa kwemisebenzi yokuzala kwabesifazane, isifiso sobulili.
Izimpawu zezifo ze-pituitary
Izifo eziningana ziyaziwa, kufaka hlangana ne-neoplasms ezinobungozi, zesigungu esichazwe, ngasinye esilandelwayo nesibonakaliso semitholampilo. Kodwa kunezibonakaliso ezithile ezijwayelekile zezifo ze-pituitary, ngokusho ukuthi kungenzeka yini ukwahlulela kusengaphambili izinkinga:
- ukungabi khona isikhathi eside noma ukubambezeleka kokuya esikhathini;
- izinzwa ezibuhlungu, ukuqhuma, ukuvuvukala kwezigulane ezincelisayo;
- ukukhubazeka (ukuwohloka kwe-acuity) yombono;
- ukwelashwa kwezinso nezinhlayiya ze-adrenal;
- ukoma kwesifazane, okuhambisana nokuhlupheka ngesikhathi sezocansi;
- i-galactorrhea ;
- ukukhathazeka kokuzwa;
- eqinile futhi ejwayelekile, noma ehlala njalo, ikhanda;
- i-dysmenorrhea;
- ukoma okwandisiwe;
- ukuphelelwa kwesisu okungapheliyo;
- ukukhathazeka;
- ukwedlula ngokweqile umchamo ngosuku (isifo sikashukela insipidus);
- ukungasebenzi kahle kwesimiso sokuphefumula nesimo senhliziyo.
Ukuphazanyiswa okukhulu ekusetshenzisweni kwegciwane le-pituitary kubangela ukuthuthukiswa kwezifo ezinzima njenge-gigantism, i-dwarfism, i-acromegaly, i-hypo-and hyperthyroidism .
Ukwelashwa kwezifo ze-pituitary
Lapho kutholakala i-tumor enesifo esibuhlungu ne-hormonal (adenoma) ye-pituitary gland, njengomthetho, kwenziwa ukuhlinzwa ukuze uyisuse.
Kwamanye amacala, i-long-term andradical remedial substitution ishicilelwe, okuvumela noma ukugqugquzela i-endocrine gland noma ukuyivimbela. Izimo ezinzima ikakhulukazi ezihlanganisa ukubandakanya imisebe kanye ne-chemotherapy.