Pituitary gland problems?

[camerondad2003]

im a 24 year old male, suffering with hair loss,muscle loss and fatigue.  My last blood test were normal thyroid,  200 testerone which is horrible should be closer to 800 according to my doc.  my pituitary gland was underactive was a 1.25  and supposed to be higher he said I don't remember the range scale.

What options do I have?  I'm so confused, he mentioned surgery, but I have to go do an mri next week. anyone know about this situation?

[oldman39040]

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[rdenno]

Hi my name is Roy and I am having problems with my pituitary gland. First I started felling like I had no energy, I thought I was getting the flu but it got worse and worse, so I had bloodwork done and my testorone level was only 82 when it should be 399-1200. So I am now having injections done every other week. I am only 40 years old. Then my prolactin levels and cortisol levels weren't reading at all. My endocrinologist thought maybe I have pituitary tumors but after an mri it showed that I didn't. It said that my gland is too small for my age and sex. Normal gland height is 10-12mm and mine is only 2.8 so it's not functioning at all. I'm at a loss as to what can be done to fix that.

[julie913]

it sounds like it's a good thing that they are acknowledging your pituitary gland because I've read literature that says it can be overlooked and that's the biggest danger. try not to freak about the surgery thing, sounds like he may have said that in passing not realizing what effect it would have on you. I found some really good stuff online that talks about pituitary function and what hormonal imbalances mean. one sight said that the surgical outcomes, when it comes to that, are really very good. it's not getting the correct diagnosis and band-aiding the problem - if it is pituitary - that causes bad outcomes in people.  I'm newly dealing with stuff like this too and it is totally scary, but for me it has really helped to get as much info as I can, so keep looking around and be armed with questions when you're at the doc! good luck with your mri! julie913