VIRILIZATION IN WOMEN

Virilization is the tendency to manifest any male sexual characteristics in female representatives.

Symptoms of virilization include:


Causes of Viral Syndrome

Virilization in women is associated with an elevated level of male sex hormones in the body.

Virilization in girls can occur due to various pathological changes that are caused by an increase in the total number of active androgens, a violation of androgen binding in the cell, or a violation in the peripheral metabolism of androgens.

The severity of the viril syndrome is related to the level of androgens. In the age of adolescence, adolescents are the source of androgens in the adrenal gland, and in the pubertal period , the ovaries also join them.

Signs of virilism can be observed with various diseases of the endocrine system, for example, with acromegaly. Verilism occurs in menopause, with brain tumors, during pregnancy.

In addition, virilization is a side effect of therapy with drugs of male sex hormones.

At display of a viril syndrome the woman should address for inspection to the gynecologist and the endocrinologist.

In obstetric and pediatric practice, there is such a phenomenon as virilization of the fetus, when in the period of fetal development in the female fetus there appear secondary male sexual characteristics. This condition serves as an excuse for a detailed examination of a pregnant woman.

To treat virilization in adults and children, hormone therapy is used. The main task of treatment is to eliminate the underlying cause that causes virilism.