Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome

Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome: Introduction

Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome: Females with male XY genetics but inability to respond to testosterone. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome is available below.

Symptoms of Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome

• Female body type
• Tallness
• Female infertility
• Lack of periods
• Delayed menarche
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 28 symptoms of Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome

Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome:

• Menopause: Related Home Testing:
  • Home Menopause Tests
  • Home FSH Hormone Tests
  • Home Osteoporosis Testing
• Vaginal Health: Home Testing:
  • Home Vaginal Infection Tests
  • Home Vaginal PH Tests
  • Home Yeast Infection Tests
  • Home Candida Kits
  • Home Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) Test Kits
  • Home Bladder Test Kits
• Breast Cancer: Related Home Tests:
  • Home Breast Cancer Test Kits
  • Home Breast Lump Detection
• more tests...»

Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome: Complications

Review possible medical complications related to Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome:

• Female infertility
• Cryptorchidism
• Testicular cancer - occurring in women.
• more complications...»

Medical Textbooks Online about Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome

Book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Diagnostic Tests for Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome

• Genetic tests - to test for XX versus XY sex chromosomes.
• Scans - to detect the testes
• more tests...»

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome?

• Misdiagnosis of Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome
• Failure to diagnose Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome
• Undiagnosed: Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome

Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome: Medical Mistakes

• Women's Health Mistakes:
  • Womens Health -- Health Mistakes
  • Contraception -- Health Mistakes
  • Fertility -- Health Mistakes
• more mistakes...»

Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome: Marketplace Products, Discounts & Offers

Products, offers and promotion categories available for Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome:

• Mom & Baby
• Pregnancy
• Womens Health
• more product offers...»

Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome: Undiagnosed Conditions

Commonly undiagnosed diseases in related medical categories:

• Women's Reproductive Health: diseases that are commonly undiagnosed:
  • Overactive Bladder Syndrome -- Undiagnosed
  • PCOS -- Undiagnosed
  • Chlamydia -- Undiagnosed
  • Pelvic Inflammatory Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Cervical Cancer -- Undiagnosed
  • Breast Cancer -- Undiagnosed
  • Ovarian Cancer -- Undiagnosed
  • Von Willebrand Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • more ...»
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Misdiagnosis and Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome

Unnecessary hysterectomies due to undiagnosed bleeding disorder in women: The bleeding disorder called Von Willebrand's disease is quite common...read more »

Rare type of breast cancer without a lump: There is a less common form of breast cancer called inflammatory breast cancer. Its symptoms can be an...read more »

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Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome: Research Doctors & Specialists

Research related physicians and medical specialists:

• Pregnancy & Fertility Health Specialists:
  • Maternal & Fetal Medicine
  • Obstetrics & Gynecology
  • Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility
  • Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
• Womens Health Specialists:
  • Gynecological Oncology
• more specialists...»

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Hospitals & Clinics: Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome

Research quality ratings and patient safety measures for medical facilities in specialties related to Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome:

• Womens Health -- Hospital Quality Ratings
• more hospital ratings...»

Hospital & Clinic quality ratings » »

Choosing the Best Hospital: More general information, not necessarily in relation to Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome, on hospital performance and surgical care quality:

• 50 Best Hospitals Report
• Outstanding Patient Experinece Award Winning Hospitals
• Women's Health Best Hospitals
• Patient Safety
• Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence Study (2009)

Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome: Rare Types

Rare types of diseases and disorders in related medical categories:

• Women's Reproductive Health -- rare types of diseases:
  • Overactive Bladder Syndrome -- Rare Types
  • PCOS -- Rare Types
  • Chlamydia -- Rare Types
  • Pelvic Inflammatory Disease -- Rare Types
  • Cervical Cancer -- Rare Types
  • Breast Cancer -- Rare Types
  • Ovarian Cancer -- Rare Types
  • Von Willebrand Disease -- Rare Types
  • more ...»
• more rare diseases...»

Causes of Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome

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Treatments for Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome

• Surgical testes removal - to prevent later testicular cancer
• Estrogen replacement therapy
• Vaginal cosmetic surgery - to create a normal length vagina if required.
• more treatments...»

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News Archives for Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome

Medical news articles related to Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome include:

• Tailored Treatments Effective for Depression Due to Pain
• New HIV Drug May Help Those Resistant to Therapy
• Symbyax Approved for Treatment-Resistant Depression
• Health Tip: Understanding Antibiotic Resistance
• Concerted Effort Needed to Fight Drug-Resistant Flu Strain
• Resistance to Tamiflu Growing
• Antibiotic Combo Fights Resistant TB
• more health news...»

Source: HealthDay News

Evidence Based Medicine Research for Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome

Medical research articles related to Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome include:

• Testicular Cancer
• At what age are investigations instigated in primary amenorrhoea, other secondary sex characteristics being present?
• How long does COC-induced amenorrhoea take to resolve and what possible future associated problems might occur?
• 5-Alpha-Reductase Deficiency (Overview)
• Gynecomastia (Treatment)
• Ambiguous Genitalia and Intersexuality (Treatment)
• Ambiguous Genitalia
• Ambiguous Genitalia and Intersexuality (Diagnosis)
• more research...»

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Patient Surveys for Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome

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Reseach about Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome

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Statistics for Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome

• Medical statistics for Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome
• Prevalence and incidence statistics for Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome
• Death and Mortality statistics for Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome
• Society statistics for Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome

Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome: Broader Related Topics

• Ovary conditions
• Intersex conditions
• more types...»

Types of Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome

Stories from Users Related to Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome

• Testicular lump!!!
• Hair loss due to medication
• testicular soreness
• Massive Weight Loss due to Nausea
• Extreme Resistance U500
• persistant dull testicular ache
• Insensitive Penis
• Hair Loss... at 19 !! maybe due to bad habits
• penile insensitivity-deadwood
• Divorce due to ears
• Extra Large Hives due to stress
• I would like to have a real diagnosis (possibly resistant TB?)
• Depressive disorder due to gerascophobia?
• Maelina Femine Care Lotion
• Esophegeal Stricture due to caustic burns
• resistant hypokalemia
• testicular issues
• allergies and histamine H3 receptors
• Insensitive Penis
• HELP... testicular worries.

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Definitions of Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome:

A familial form of PSEUDOHERMAPHRODITISM transmitted as an X-linked recessive trait. These patients have a karyotype of 46,XY with end-organ resistance to androgen due to mutations in the androgen receptor (RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; AR) gene. Severity of the defect in AR quantity or quality correlates with their phenotypes. The phenotype spectrum varies from those with normal female external genitalia in ANDROGEN-INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME, through those with genital ambiguity in Reifenstein Syndrome, to that of a normal male with INFERTILITY. - (Source - Diseases Database)

Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome, or a subtype of Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Ophanet, a consortium of European partners, currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000. They list Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet