Babies with acromegaly cannot be cured, but with active treatment they can effectively slow down the progression of the disease and improve the quality of survival of the affected children. Acromegaly is a chronic progressive neurodegenerative disease, and common treatments include: general treatment, medication, surgery and so on.
1. General treatment: in daily life, babies with acromegaly should pay attention to nutritional support to ensure nutritional intake, if there is obvious dysphagia and choking need to be used as early as possible nasal feeding tube feeding to prevent malnutrition. When the child coughing weakness should use sputum aspirator or artificial assisted cough.
2. Drug therapy: common drugs used in the treatment of acromegaly are riluzole and edaravone, etc. However, as children’s organs are not fully developed, it is usually necessary to be careful with the use of drugs in order to prevent serious consequences.
3. Surgical treatment: Children with obvious difficulty in swallowing, choking, weight loss, dehydration and other symptoms need to undergo percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy as soon as possible to prevent malnutrition. Patients with respiratory difficulties may need to be assisted by an invasive ventilator.
It is recommended that children seek medical attention as soon as possible, actively cooperate with the doctor’s treatment, and strictly follow the doctor’s instructions for medication.