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  1.                               Hypopituitarism
  2. SYMPTOMS. Children will show signs of growth retardation. They will have
  3. normal body proportions but small in size. Adults may show signs of loss of
  4. weight, poor appetite, intolerance to cold, lack of menstruation, absent or
  5. sparse underarm or public hair, infertility and easily fatigued.
  6. CAUSES. Hormone deficiency of the pituitary gland that may result from brain
  7. growths of various kinds, a brain artery ballooning, shock or hemorrhage
  8. after childbirth, fungus or tuberculosis infections that reach the pituitary
  9. TREATMENT. Medication, replacement of lacking hormones. Possible surgery.