GIRSUTISM
GIRSUTISM - excess hair in women, expressed in the appearance of mustaches, beards, as well as abundant hair growth on the limbs and trunk. The emergence of hirsutism is due to the influence of many neurohumoral factors, chief among them is the increase in the secretion of male sex hormones, androgens, or an increase in the sensitivity of tissues to them.
Hirsutism can be constitutional (in healthy women); Occur when administered with the therapeutic purpose of androgens or compounds similar to them in terms of chemical structure; Develop with a number of endocrine diseases - adrenogenital syndrome, ovarian and adrenal tumors, acromegaly, and Itenko-Cushing's disease. Sometimes, hirsutism occurs during pregnancy and in the menopause, as well as in brain lesions - tumors, encephalitis, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy. In some cases, it is caused by some local effect on the skin or skin diseases. In a number of patients, hirsutism occurs due to a violation of the metabolism of androgens in the skin (the so-called idiopathic hirsutism).
Treatment is aimed at the underlying disease. With constitutional and idiopathic hirsutism, special cosmetic procedures are prescribed - epilation, etc., and in the absence of contraindications - antiandrogenic drugs (for example, androkur). See also Virilism .
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