Excess secretion of growth hormone prior to puberty will cause?

Question

A) acromegaly B) giantism C) diabetes D) midgets E) Dwarfism

Answer 1

Answer B) Giantism.

Excess after puberty causes acromegaly.and insufficient causes pituitary dwarfism.

Hope this helps!

Answer 2

Acromegaly is the disease where the production of growth hormone occurs afte puberty.

The answer is probably gigantism, but paradoxically this can also cause the person to have a shoter than average final height as the long bones can be fused (ie stopped growing longer) prmaurely due to the GH.

Diabetes is a lack of or insensitivity to insulin.

Midgets and dwarfs conditions due to genetic causes rather than hormonal.