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Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia Learning Center
Symptoms could include:
- Ambiguous Genitalia
- Excessive Hair Grow...
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Small testicle
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Voice Deepening
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Abnormal Menstrual Bleeding
- No Menstrual Period
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Hypertrophy of penis
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Musculature well developed
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Girls will usually have normal internal female reproductive organs (ovaries, uterus, and fallopian tubes). They may have the following external changes:
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The type of symptoms experienced by a person with CAH depends on their particular enzyme deficiency. CAH can cause congenital masculinization of the female external genitals or can cause feminization of the male genitals. CAH does not, however, af...
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CAH is an inherited recessive disorder, which means that a child must inherit one copy of the defective gene from each parent who is a carrier; when two carriers have children, each pregnancy carries a 25 percent risk of producing an affected chil...
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CAH is an inherited disorder. It is a recessive disease, which means that a child must inherit one copy of the defective gene from each parent who is a carrier; when two carriers have children, each pregnancy carries a 25% risk of producing an aff...
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In infants and children, adrenal virilism is usually the result of adrenal gland enlargement that is present at birth. This is called congenital adrenal hyperplasia . The cause is usually a genetic problem that leads to severe enzyme deficiencies....
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The type of symptoms experienced by a person with CAH depends on their particular enzyme deficiency. CAH can cause congenital masculinization of the female external genitals or can cause feminization of the male genitals. CAH does not, however, af...
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Ambiguous genitalia is a birth defect where the outer genitals do not have the typical appearance of either a boy or a girl. See also: Genetics
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Ambiguous genitalia is a congenital anomaly in which the genital organs do not appear to be male or female.
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The normal amount of body hair varies widely among women. Usually, a woman will only grow fine hair (peach fuzz) on her lips, chin, chest, abdomen, or back. When women grow coarse, dark hairs in these areas, the condition is called hirsutism. This...
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Excessive growth of facial or body hair in women is called hirsutism.
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Amenorrhea is the medical term for the absence of menstruation . There are two types of amenorrhea, primary and secondary. Primary amenorrhea refers to delayed menarche (the first menstrual period) and is defined as any one of three conditions: th...
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Amenorrhea is the absence of menstruation. There are two types of amenorrhea, primary and secondary. Primary amenorrhea is delayed menarche (the first menstrual period) and is defined as any one of three conditions: 1.) absence of menarche by age ...
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The absence of menstrual periods is called amenorrhea. Primary amenorrhea is the failure to start having a period by the age of 16. Secondary amenorrhea is more common and refers to either the temporary or permanent ending of periods in a woman wh...
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Amenorrhea is the absence of menstruation and is a symptom, not a diagnosis. Primary amenorrhea refers to the absence of the onset of menstruation by age 16 whether or not normal growth and secondary sexual characteristics are present, or the abse...
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