Obesity Hypothalamic

Hypothalamic obesity is not just a problem of excess weight, but a complex set of factors associated with dysregulation of fat metabolism. As a result of obesity, the hypothalamus hormone ceases to suppress the feeling of hunger, so a person cannot control the amount of food eaten. This type of damage to the endocrine system is diagnosed not only in overweight patients, but also in patients with primary menopause, heart pathologies, liver disease and renal failure. Find out the cause of hypothalamic obesity, clinical signs and methods for diagnosing this disease.

Obesity of the hypothalmic type is manifested by hypertrophy of the anterior pituitary gland, which leads to a decrease in the production of thyroid-stimulating hormone and somatotropic hormone. An increase in the thyroid and parathyroid glands, combined with a systemic decrease in the secretion of somatotropin, causes a disruption of the processes of lipid and carbohydrate metabolism, which in turn leads to the accumulation of fatty deposits and morbidity