From Lewis Blevins MD – LH and FSH are produced by the pituitary gland under the regulation of pulsatile secretion of GnRH from the hypothalamus. LH stimulates the thecal cells around a developing egg in
From Rachel Pegler – My daughter Molly has hypopituritsm She takes thyroid medication, growth hormone and hydro-cortisone this pituitary condition was undiagnosed for 14 years, she has suffered immensely as a baby and child. Molly
Understand Rathke’s cleft and other pituitary cysts—what they are, how they form, and why naming them matters.
From Lewis Blevins, MD – Pineal cysts are seen in about 2% of all MRI’s of the brain. I see them as perhaps more common in pituitary patients simply because I look at the scans
From Lewis Blevins, MD – Photo abstract blend – Prolactin is produced by the anterior pituitary gland. Its secretion is largely regulated by dopamine from the hypothalamus which inhibits prolactin production and release. TRH (which
From our friend Christina Bourne O’Neil – I was diagnosed with a prolactinoma in 2005. Prior to my diagnosis and before my symptoms began I had very few health problems. When my symptoms initially began,
From Lewis Blevins, MD Introduction Growth Hormone is a peptide hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland. Growth hormone-releasing hormone from the hypothalamus stimulates it’s release while somatostatin from the hypothalamus inhibits GH. Somatostatin is
Karen Webb-Meek from the UK wrote us about her daughter Poppy. This is a short film about Poppy Webb-Jones who has the condition Panhypopituitarism (PHP) which is a disorder where many of the hormones essential
From Lewis Blevins. MD – Polyuria in the setting of thirst and increased water intake, with a dilute urine, and a high or high normal serum sodium (>141-142 mEq/L) is usually recognizable as DI. Some
From Lewis Blevins, MD – These images show the serial visual fields in a patient with a pituitary tumor. The blackened parts illustrate what the patient CANNOT see as if they were our very