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This disorder results from the destruction or atrophy of the pituitary gland and is characterized by severe wasting, the absence of menstrual periods, and a loss of appetite. In both males and females, there is a loss of pubic, axillary, and facial hair, thinning and dullness of scalp hair, and disappearance of the eyebrows. Men also experience impotence. Some of its features resemble those of premature aging, and it is more common in women, often caused by pituitary gland atrophy following significant hemorrhages during childbirth. Other important causes include pituitary gland cysts or growths. This condition is also referred to as hypopituitarism, panhypopituitarism, pituitary cachexia, or Sheehan-Simmonds’ disease.<\/p>\n
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A condition of women due to postpartum haemorrhage, in which there is lack of activity in the pituitary gland, resulting in wasting of tissue, brittle bones and premature senility. Loss of sexual function, loss of weight, and other features of failure of the pituitary gland (hypopituitarism) occurring in women after childbirth complicated by bleeding (postpartum […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-s"],"yoast_head":"\n
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