What is HGH?
Human growth hormone, or HGH, produces naturally in the body. It’s necessary
for cell growth and regeneration, increasing muscle mass and bone
density, and just keeping the body in good working order.
In the
human body, human growth hormone (or HGH) production is regulated by your
anterior pituitary gland, a pea-size structure at the base of the brain.
HGH is not testosterone. Most people already know
this, but you may be surprised by how many still correlate the two.
Testosterone is a steroidal hormone that, when taken orally,
applied topically, or injected, enhances male characteristics. HGH is
a protein that activates a receptor that tells cells to
initiate growth.
Synthetic human growth hormone was developed in 1985 and
approved by the FDA for specific uses in children and adults. In children, HGH
injections are approved for treating short stature of unknown cause as well as
poor growth due to a number of medical causes, including:
- Turner's syndrome, a genetic disorder that affects a girl's
development
- Prader-Willi syndrome, an uncommon genetic disorder causing poor
muscle tone, low levels of sex hormones,
and a constant feeling of hunger
- Chronic kidney disease
- HGH deficiency or insufficiency
- Children born small for gestational age
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