Can congenital gonadal hypoplasia be treated?
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Congenital ovarian hypoplasia, also known as Turner's syndrome, is a disease caused by congenital chromosomal abnormalities. The normal female chromosome is 46, XX. If the karyotype is 45, XO, that is, there is no sex chromosome X, or 46, xxp, or 46, XX Q or its chimera, then Turner's syndrome can be diagnosed. Can congenital gonadal hypoplasia be treated?
Can congenital gonadal hypoplasia be treated?
Because of the abnormal sex chromosome, the ovary can not grow and develop, so the ovary is cord like fibrous tissue, no primordial follicles, no eggs. The clinical features are short stature, rarely more than 150 cm in height in adulthood, low neck hairline, even up to the shoulder, short and thick neck. More than half of the neck skin is flabby, from the mastoid part behind the ear to the acromion, showing a webbed neck, wide chest, shield shape, cubitus valgus, nipple outward movement, congenital aortic stenosis, amenorrhea and secondary sexual dysplasia, increased FSH and extremely low estrogen.
Gonadal hypoplasia with short stature and other physical deformities. The main symptoms were primary amenorrhea, short stature, webbed neck, barrel chest, cubitus valgus, secondary sexual dysplasia, immature genitalia, aortic stenosis and urinary system abnormalities. Estrogen and progesterone therapy can maintain the secondary sexual characteristics, induce periodic uterine bleeding and prevent senile osteoporosis, but it has no significant improvement on other symptoms.
It is better to use pure Chinese medicine to treat this disease. The treatment effect is stable, ideal and without any side effects. According to the syndrome differentiation of patients, TCM formulates the treatment plan to control the disease, relieve the symptoms and make the patients recover gradually.
matters needing attention
Turner's syndrome is also known as gonadal hypoplasia, congenital ovarian hypoplasia. This kind of patient has short stature, rigid face, narrow maxilla and small mandible, forming malocclusion. Half of the patients had webbed neck, broad chest and undeveloped breast. 35% patients had cardiovascular malformations such as aortic stenosis. In addition, there is primary amenorrhea. The genitalia is immature, without pubic hair and fertility.