Associated Conditions
The symptoms of CAH vary depending upon the form of CAH and the sex of the patient. Symptoms can include:
Due to inadequate mineralocorticoids:
- vomiting due to salt-wasting leading to dehydration and death
Due to excess androgens:
- functional and average sized penis in cases involving extreme virilization (but no sperm)
- ambiguous genitalia, in some females, such that it can be initially difficult to determine sex
- early pubic hair and rapid growth in childhood
- precocious puberty or failure of puberty to occur (sexual infantilism: absent or delayed puberty)
- excessive facial hair, virilization, and/or menstrual irregularity in adolescence
- infertility due to anovulation
- enlarged clitoris and shallow vagina
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