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David and Goliath

What You Will Learn

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What Is Acromagally?

Goliath looks and sounds like someone suffering from what is called acromagally. This is a disease caused by benign tumour on the pituitary gland. It causes an overproduction of human growth hormone, which makes people so massive. The tallest person in history who was what was he? Eight foot, 11 inches. And he died when he was 20 something. So it also makes you a very big lad. But there's also different side effects that come with this. These include vision problems because the tumours get to the point where they press against the nerves that are right next to the eyes. They can have severely restricted sight or even sometimes double vision. If David doesn't

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