The following are the most important diseases or complications that may be contributed to by acromegaly:
Eyes and eye appendages (H00-H59).
- Visual disturbances, unspecified
- Glaucoma – disease of the eye with increased intraocular pressure.
Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90).
- Diabetes mellitus (diabetes).
- Increase in lipoprotein(a)
- Hyperlipidemia/dyslipidemia
- Hypertriglyceridemia (excessive triglyceride levels in the blood).
- Tall stature (gigantism)
- Goiter (enlargement of the thyroid gland)
Skin and subcutaneous (L00-L99)
- Hirsutism – male hair type.
- Hypertrichosis – increased body and facial hair; without a male distribution pattern.
Cardiovascular system (I00-I99).
- Arterial hypertension (high blood pressure).
- Cardiovascular disease such as coronary artery disease (CAD) or cardiac arrhythmias.
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy/heart muscle disease (can lead to lethal complications within a few years if left untreated).
Mouth, esophagus (food pipe), stomach, and intestines (K00-K67; K90-K93).
- Malocclusion
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)
- Osteoarthritis
- Muscle weakness, unspecified
Neoplasms – tumor diseases (C00-D48)
- Arthralgia (joint pain)
- Colon carcinoma (colon cancer)
- Mammary carcinoma (breast cancer)
- Uterine fibroids – benign neoplasms on the uterus.
Psyche – nervous system (F00-F99; G00-G99)
- Depressive mood
- Carpal tunnel syndrome – nerve compression syndrome affecting the median nerve at the wrist.
- Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) (synonyms: obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)) – characterized by the obstruction or complete closure of the upper airway during sleep.
- Paresthesias (sensory deafness) of hands / feet.
Symptoms and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings not elsewhere classified (R00-R99).
- Hyperhidrosis – unphysiologically profuse sweating.
Genitourinary system (kidneys, urinary tract – sex organs) (N00-N99)
- Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) – benign enlargement of the prostate gland.
- Libido disorders
- Loss of potency
Further
- Limited quality of life
