Do tall people die younger ?

You rarely see tall old people

lbc2019 wrote: »

I wish I was a little bit taller... 5' 10" maybe

You should seek professional help with these suicidal thoughts.

gluppers wrote: »

You rarely see tall old people

Because older generations tended not to be particularly tall to begin with.

Clint eastwood is 6'3 and 89 years old.

There are a number of factors to take into account.

First of all, if a person is tall as a result of genetics where their parents and other immediate family are tall, they will likely lead a normal, long and healthy life.

Next, they may wind up being taller than they were originally intended to be as a result of sports supplements such as growth hormone injections, steroids etc. So, as with the above case, there won't be any stress factors on them when they finally stop growing.

Finally, if they are born with or develop a tumour in their pituitary gland that produces excessive growth hormone (e.g. gigantism or acromegaly), they are more likely to have life-threatening complications due to the abnormal stresses put on their heart and other organs. This is because their body is working overtime to carry blood around their arteries.

There have been very sad cases where some people with acromegaly or gigantism never stop growing upward and outward. Robert Wadlow, Igor Vovkovinskiy and Tanya Angus are some of the more rare examples where either condition puts an abnormal amount of strain on their bodies.

Now, Igor stopped growing at the towering height of 7 feet and 8.33 inches. However, because his height is attributable to acromegalic gigantism, the effects have left him feeling exhausted due to the energy taxing nature of his condition.

In the Tanya Angus case, she wound up succumbing to the draining affects of acromegaly and died at just 34 years of age. She was of normal height and very attractive up until her late teens and developed acromegaly which transformed her beyond recognition by her early 20s. At the time of her death, she stood at just over 7 feet tall.

Robert Wadlow was the tallest ever human in recorded history at a staggering 8 feet and 11.1 inches (nearly 9 feet) and died at 22 years of age.

If acromegaly takes hold of the human body before the growth or epiphyseal plates fuse, the person afflicted with the condition will continue growing upward and outward too. However, if it develops late into adulthood where they have stopped growing upward, their hands and feet begin to grow thicker whilst their facial features coarsen over the course of years or decades.

If people are unfortunate enough to be born with a pituitary tumour, it is known as gigantism where they will likely be well over 6 feet by their 10th birthday (as a rule of thumb of course).

Hopefully, the above will enlighten y'all.

Ever seen an old Giant of a person? They always die young because their heart can't handle it.