Hormones are the chemicals that carry messages from one cell to another via the blood stream.
What is growth hormone deficiency?
Growth hormone deficiency, hypopituitary dwarfism, or hypopituitarism, is the absence or deficiency of growth hormone produced by the pituitary gland to stimulate the body to grow. Growth hormone deficiency may occur during infancy or later in childhood. GHD occurs three or four times more often among boys than girls.
Growth hormone, also known as somatropin, acts directly and indirectly on the growth of bones ,tissues and organs.The elderly naturally produce less growth hormones than young adults. Growth hormone is usually secreted in response to sleep, exercise, and hypoglycemia and promotes growth and metabolic functions.