Deans' stroke musings: What does growth hormone do?

Changing stroke rehab and research worldwide now.Time is Brain! trillions and trillions of neurons that DIE each day because there are NO effective hyperacute therapies besides tPA(only 12% effective). I have 523 posts on hyperacute therapy, enough for researchers to spend decades proving them out. These are my personal ideas and blog on stroke rehabilitation and stroke research. Do not attempt any of these without checking with your medical provider. Unless you join me in agitating, when you need these therapies they won't be there.

What this blog is for:

My blog is not to help survivors recover, it is to have the 10 million yearly stroke survivors light fires underneath their doctors, stroke hospitals and stroke researchers to get stroke solved. 100% recovery. The stroke medical world is completely failing at that goal, they don't even have it as a goal. Shortly after getting out of the hospital and getting NO information on the process or protocols of stroke rehabilitation and recovery I started searching on the internet and found that no other survivor received useful information. This is an attempt to cover all stroke rehabilitation information that should be readily available to survivors so they can talk with informed knowledge to their medical staff. It lays out what needs to be done to get stroke survivors closer to 100% recovery. It's quite disgusting that this information is not available from every stroke association and doctors group.

Sunday, November 23, 2025

What does growth hormone do?

Does your competent? doctor have a protocol for its' use?

Do you prefer your doctor, hospital and board of director's incompetence NOT KNOWING? OR NOT DOING?

What does growth hormone do?

In childhood, GH is needed for growth of muscles, bones. It distributes and controls body fat and helps with glucose control.
In adulthood GH helps to decrease total body fat, improve muscle function, exercise capacity, energy, and decreases the risk of heart attacks and strokes. GH improves bone density and decreases the risk of bone fractures. Psychologic improvements in mood, interest in social activities and overall quality of life have been reported.(All these seem incredibly important for stroke recovery!)
Note:
The total amount of growth hormone produced is different for men and women. The highest rates of growth hormone secretion occur during puberty, which is responsible for the adolescent growth spurt. Growth hormone level becomes lower as we grow older.
All pituitary functions are usually evaluated if growth hormone is suspected of being abnormal to help determine if other levels are affected.