Development of "different" may be sick
Lee, when young children have grown faster than the other to a higher than peers. However, since 5 years of age, how long he had no height. Now he is almost 7 years old, but the height has been maintained at two years ago of 120 cm. At the same time, parents also found that his "little brother" thick Degen as adults. Went to a hospital, the doctor said he was sexually precocious, is congenital adrenal hyperplasia.
Xiao Xue girl 20 years old this year, looks very handsome, tall, is a cute girl. However, her own worries, because now she has not come to menstruation, chest is flat. To the hospital, doctors said she was suffering from congenital adrenal hyperplasia. What is more she could not accept that the chromosome revealed that she was 46XY, doctors still in her left and right side of the thigh the touch of a mass, B is a super show cryptorchidism. How she did not believe that they could even overnight, become a "man" of.
Gland disease can cause a variety of reasons
Experts said Xiao Li and Xiao Xue are suffering from congenital adrenal hyperplasia, gonadal diseases, this is one of them.
In humans, control of youth development through the hypothalamus - pituitary - gonadal axis to adjust the. Any reasons, such as congenital diseases, trauma, surgery, infection, cancer, malnutrition, or surplus, living habits and occupation caused this axis dysfunction, can cause gonadal diseases, including sexual precocity, sexual infantilism, sexual differentiation abnormalities.
Gonad early in the disease difficult to find
Some gonadal disease may be found in earlier, more obvious, such as genital malformations: clitoral hypertrophy, cryptorchidism, short penis and so on. However, the particularity of gonadal disease, many patients in the early and different from normal people, with the growth and development, the problem was gradually manifested. As a result of insufficient testosterone penis hypospadias patients, there will be bifurcation voiding symptoms, not the same as different women squatting to urinate; hypothalamus - pituitary gonadotropin deficiency may lead to tall and thin, such as vocal pitch. On the other hand, gonadal issues of privacy, were to face great pressure from society. Therefore, although some patients seek treatment desire, but too anxious, not to the regular hospital.
Gland disease, early detection and treatment, a great impact on prognosis, treatment of patients with timely access to the normal male or female signs, and then have a normal sex life, or even marriage and children.
