sheehan's syndrome…

Medical experts recommend this detailed explanation.

[ Find Organization | Index Page ]

endocrine glands, postpartum hypopituitarism, postpartum pituitary insufficiency, hypopituitarism syndrome, sheehan's syndrome, woman who has a severe uterine hemorrhage, childbirth, resulting severe blood loss causes, tissue death in her pituitary gland, leads to hypopituitarism following the birth, a woman's pituitary gland is starved of blood, she bled severely, childbirth, gland, lose its ability to function properly, pituitary gland, is located, the brain, producing a variety of hormones that help regulate growth, reproduction, metabolism, sheehan's syndrome is very rare now, wide access to good obstetrical care, conditions that increase the risk of an obstetric hemorrhage, of sheehan's syndrome include multiple pregnancies, twins, triplets, abnormalities, the placenta, pituitary gland, produces hormones that stimulate breast milk production, growth, reproductive functions, thyroid, adrenal glands, a lack of these hormones results, variety of symptoms related to all of these areas, inability to breast-feed, breast milk never "comes in", fatigue, loss of pubic, axillary hair, amenorrhea, lack of menstrual bleeding, low blood pressure, blood tests, performed to measure hormone levels, a ct scan, the head recommended to rule out other abnormalities, the pituitary tumor, pituitary insufficiency is lifelong hormone substitute medication, estrogen, progesterone hormone replacement, thyroid, adrenal hormones also must be taken, early diagnosis, treatment is excellent, life-threatening, not treated, the lack of thyroid, adrenal hormones, allow the body to react to stress, infections, extreme hemorrhage, birth, preventable by modern medical care, sheehan's syndrome is not predictable, preventable.