The disease occurs in a person, whose body produces too much growth hormone GH , through the pituitary gland. The World Wrestling Entertainment WWE star's this problem affected his hormones and led to the growth of a tumor, which led to many complications in his body.
The 7-foot 1-inch tall wrestler weighing around kgs, who won the World Heavyweight Championship belt in , one year after his debut, is popular for his humongous size, both by height and amazingly built body. However, only a few people know that his size is a result of the disease he has been suffering for a long time. The disease was a result of a benign tumor adenoma , which developed on Khali 's pituitary gland. The tumor caused an excessive secretion of the growth hormone, leading to the rare condition, acromegaly.
While it was not an injury, one instance of The Great Khali not being able to wrestle due to health concerns came at The Great American Bash Khali was to face The Undertaker in the first ever Punjabi Prison match, but he was not medically cleared to compete due to elevated liver enzymes.
However, neither of these were really proper matches; Khali just showed up and quickly defeated his opponents within a mater of moments without much effort.
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In August , Montel Porter, whose real name is Hassan Assad, was diagnosed with a potentially fatal heart disorder in a routine checkup. While Donohue said he could not comment on Singh's case, he said the decision to operate on a pituitary tumor does not follow reflexively from a diagnosis of acromegaly. The timing, especially for adults, can be influenced by a range of factors. Braunstein, the Cedars-Sinai endocrinologist, said he has seen several acromegalic patients who have refused surgery and even a growth hormone-reducing medication in hopes of preserving their gigantism.
When he tells them that acromegaly shortens life expectancy, they often "shop around for other doctors," he said. We'll notify you here with news about. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? Comments 0. Top Stories. Judges in Arbery, Rittenhouse cases frustrated as they work to maintain fair trials 1 hour ago.
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