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Relapsing Polychondritis Life That Includes Sheehan’s Syndrome
Relapsing Polychondritis Life That Includes Sheehan’s Syndrome As the thought of my fifty birthday candles neared so did my desire to shed a few years and glam up my world. Sadly, more days than not, my body had felt it had lived through several tremulous lives. However, my facial creases might have indicated my days…
Read MoreWhat Is Sheehan’s Syndrome?
What is Sheehan’s Syndrome? The rare disease Sheehan’s Syndrome is a disease that affects the function of the pituitary gland and is caused by severe blood loss during or after childbirth. The loss of blood to the pituitary gland may destroy hormone-producing tissue. When necrosis of the pituitary gland occurs the pituitary may lose some…
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