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Gigantism: A Growing Hormone
Gigantism is a rare condition that happens in children and it’s a growing hormone. It was discovered in Paris, France in 1886 by Pierre Marrie. Gigantism is an unusual or abnormal largeness that happen in any part or the body. The symptoms for gigantism are excessive sweating, weakness, insomnia, a delay in puberty. It can start in the tumor of the brain and flows through the body as it goes. Yao Ming, Ralph Simpson, Rik Smits, and other people has been born with gigantism. Gigantism as we know is a natural condition that comes out of nowhere. Metabolism, temperature control and the most common growth hormone can be noncancerous to the tumor of the brain. Being diagnosed with gigantism can be hard for the person that’s been born with and it
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