Hey I am 17 years old (male) and dont have any armpit hair, dont have any facial hair, and no leg hair. I didnt get hair in the pubic region till I was 16 :(
I always feel out of place because I am 5' 6" and only weigh 117 pounds. I always get mistaken for a 12 year old.
If there anyway to speed up the process of puberty for me ?
there are several causes of delayed puberty (hypogonadism). You need to go to an endocrinologist to get a full work up. There may be treatment(s) available, but they will be administered by your doctor.
X and Y are chromosomes. Kallmann is caused by a defect in a gene that is located deep within a chromosome.
There have been 8 genes so far identified that can cause KS / HH on 4 different chromosomes. There is no one common gene that is known to cause all KS / HH cases.
Virtually all KS / HH cases will have the karotype XX or XY.
what if KS was diagnose late? Let say at the age of 31, is it possible to be treated?
juanks1981 3 weeks ago
Hey I am 17 years old (male) and dont have any armpit hair, dont have any facial hair, and no leg hair. I didnt get hair in the pubic region till I was 16 :(
I always feel out of place because I am 5' 6" and only weigh 117 pounds. I always get mistaken for a 12 year old.
If there anyway to speed up the process of puberty for me ?
Thanks :D
ThePenguinProduction 1 year ago
@ThePenguinProduction
there are several causes of delayed puberty (hypogonadism). You need to go to an endocrinologist to get a full work up. There may be treatment(s) available, but they will be administered by your doctor.
4826jarontheman 11 months ago
An x-linked condition just means the gene defect is found in x-chromosome. Normally only men suffer from x-linked conditions & females are carriers.
The classic x-linked conditions are haemophilia-A and red/green colour blindness.
Less than 10% of KS and HH cases are x-linked at the present time.
It has nothing to do with being intersex. They are totally different things.
I quite accept that KS and HH can in a few cases be classed as intersex, but it is not for the majority of cases.
plymouthlad38 2 years ago
A chromsome can contain thousands of different genes. It is easy to detect if a whole chromosome is missing or added,
It is far harder to detect a very small gene defect within a chromosome.
So far defects in 8 genes have been identified that can cause KS or HH.
These genes are located on the X chromosome and chromosome numbers 4, 8 & 19.
If a KS causing gene is located on the Y chromosome, it has not been found yet and would make it a male only condition which is certainly not.
plymouthlad38 2 years ago
Sorry, but that statement is not correct.
Y is a chromosome not a gene.
XXY is Klinefelter syndrome.
XYY is a syndrome with no serious symptoms.
X and Y are chromosomes. Kallmann is caused by a defect in a gene that is located deep within a chromosome.
There have been 8 genes so far identified that can cause KS / HH on 4 different chromosomes. There is no one common gene that is known to cause all KS / HH cases.
Virtually all KS / HH cases will have the karotype XX or XY.
plymouthlad38 2 years ago