The giantism It is a disease caused by a series of disorders in the pituitary gland, responsible for the growth of the body. This usually appears only in the lower extremities of people who suffer from this problem, the rest of the body being in accordance with normal parameters. In case of Robert Wadlow was especially known throughout the planet for two reasons: the first, that he suffered from said growth disorder, and therefore, led him to reach the highest marks in the Guinness record of history, thus making it The tallest man in the world.
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known as Alton Giant (the Alton Giant), wadlow born in Illinois (United States), in the year 1918 with a normal weight of 3.80 kg. His growth was normal until he was four years old, at which point he began to grow precipitously. This is how at the age of 14 he was the tallest boy scout in the world, measuring 2.24 meters, and wearing US number 25.
Four years later, wadlow He wore 12 sizes more (about 49 centimeters), his shoes being a real impediment. This is how a well-known shoe factory agreed to create custom shoes for free, in exchange for the character carrying out brand promotion campaigns.
Years passed, and wadlow continued to grow, breaking records and touring with the Ringling Brothers Circus in 1936 and promotional tours with Interco two years later. Despite all this, his great height provided a great number of problems, since wadlow he needed to use crutches to be able to walk and in the last years of his life he would have lost sensation in his extremities.
On July 4, 1940, he was hospitalized for a small accident that caused a large ankle injury. This became infected, complicating the giant’s situation, since he needed large amounts of blood transfusion. He died in his sleep, eleven days later, at the age of 22, with a final height of 2.72 meters and about 199 kilos.
On the day of his funeral, on July 19, 1940, more than 40,000 people attended and it took 12 people to support the heavy half-ton coffin. Years later, a statue of wadlow life-size at the dental school of the southern university Edwardsville in Illinois, as a reminder of that gentle giant.
To get an idea of the arrow of its growth, Robert Wadlow He weighed about 48 kilos at age 5, measuring 1.63 meters. At 10 years old, she was almost 2 meters (1.99 meters) tall, weighing 96 kilos and at 15 years old, 34 centimeters more.
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