Acromegaly, medically known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, is a motor neuron disease, the cause of which is still unclear, and may be related to genetics and genes, or may be related to environmental factors, such as heavy metal poisoning, early symptoms are not prominent, and may only be manifested as symptoms such as weakness, easy fatigue or flesh jumping, but these symptoms will gradually worsen. There are neurons in the spinal cord that are dedicated to controlling and regulating random movements, called motor neurons. When the motor neurons degenerate and strike, it will lead to weakness of movement, muscle atrophy, and sometimes affect speech, swallowing and breathing functions, causing serious consequences. The earliest manifestation of acromegaly may be the inadvertent discovery of muscle atrophy in the limbs, and many patients can feel that the muscles will throb unheeded. In addition, the early stage of acromegaly is most easily confused with cervical spondylosis, but acromegaly will not appear numbness of the limbs, abnormal sensation and other common manifestations of cervical spondylosis, and cervical spondylosis will not occur choking on water, swallowing difficulties and tongue muscle atrophy, when the clinical appearance of the above symptoms, to promptly go to the hospital for examination to confirm the diagnosis.