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    Cultural stigma against hirsutism can cause much psychological distress and social difficulty. Discrimination based on facial hirsutism often leads to the...
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    Patients with hirsutism exhibit patterns of adult male hair growth. Chest and back hair are often present on women with hirsutism. Hirsutism is both congenital...
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    uses include acne, seborrhea, hirsutism, and pattern hair loss in women. Spironolactone is used for the treatment of hirsutism in the United States. High...
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    bringing about a significant decrease in hirsutism. Hyperandrogenism is often managed symptomatically. Hirsutism and acne both respond well to the hormonal...
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    with a naturally occurring beard normally due to the condition known as hirsutism or hypertrichosis. Hypertrichosis causes people of either sex to develop...
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    and spironolactone, which can give some improvement in hirsutism. Metformin can reduce hirsutism, perhaps by reducing insulin resistance, and is often...
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  • SAHA syndrome, is a medical syndrome characterized by seborrhoea, acne, hirsutism and alopecia, and was first described in 1982. It is frequently associated...
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    treat androgen-dependent conditions in women such as acne, seborrhea, hirsutism, female pattern hair loss, and hyperandrogenism due to polycystic ovary...
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    papillomatosis or hirsuties papillaris coronae glandis (Latin for 'papillary hirsutism of the corona of the glans'). PPPs are a type of angiofibroma. Their function...
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    Endocrine Practice 2001; 7(2):120–134 "Ferriman Gallwey Evaluation of HirsutismHirsutism.com". Archived from the original on 2020-04-14. Retrieved 2011-02-17...
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    Seyyed Alinaghi, S. A.; Zandieh, S.; Yazdani, T. (2007-12-11). "Hirsutism: Hirsutism". International Journal of Clinical Practice. 62 (3): 433–443. doi:10...
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    is due to different conditions such as hirsutism. While both conditions cause excessive hair growth, hirsutism and hypertrichosis differ based on location...
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    cleft Risk factors Obesity, family history, greater amounts of hair (hirsutism), not enough exercise Diagnostic method Based on symptoms and examination...
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    HAT patients. The topical cream is indicated for treatment of facial hirsutism in women. It is the only topical prescription treatment that slows the...
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    planet Kashyyyk. They are distinguished from humans by their gigantism, hirsutism, and physical strength. The most prominent Wookiee in the films is Chewbacca...
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    steroidal aldosterone antagonist, is also used in management of female hirsutism and acne from PCOS or other causes. Epithelial sodium channel blockers:...
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    Hypertrichosis (hirsutism) produces a long, thick, wavy coat that often has delayed shedding or fails to shed completely, and may lighten in color. Hirsutism has...
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    activity, norethisterone can produce androgenic side effects such as acne, hirsutism, and voice changes of slight severity in some women at high dosages (e...
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    excess and associated mass effects include: Acromegaly Cushing's disease Hirsutism Visual field loss or double vision Excessive sweating Decreased libido...
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    women, it caused seborrhea in 71%, acne in 65%, breast hypoplasia in 29%, hirsutism in 9%, and scalp hair loss in 9%. In another study, the rate of androgenic...
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    Ketoconazole has additionally been used, in lower dosages, to treat hirsutism and, in combination with a GnRH analogue, male-limited precocious puberty...
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    cyclically in the treatment of hirsutism in women. The efficacy of such dosages of CPA in the treatment of hirsutism in women appear to be similar to...
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    syndrome, menstrual disorders such as dysmenorrhea and menorrhagia, and hirsutism. Hormonal treatments, such as hormonal contraceptives, are frequently...
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    pulmonary embolism Dermatology Acanthosis nigricans Lymphedema Cellulitis Hirsutism Intertrigo Endocrinology and reproductive medicine Diabetes mellitus Polycystic...
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    effectiveness in the treatment of androgen-dependent conditions such as acne, hirsutism (excessive hair growth), and hyperandrogenism (high androgen levels) in...
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    as polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), endometriosis, adenomyosis, acne, hirsutism, amenorrhea, menstrual cramps, menstrual migraines, menorrhagia (excessive...
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    management of hyperaldosteronism (including Conn's syndrome) and female hirsutism (due to additional antiandrogen actions). Most antimineralocorticoids...
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    University. Retrieved 12 March 2012.[dead link] Mahesh VB (January 2012). "Hirsutism, virilism, polycystic ovarian disease, and the steroid-gonadotropin-feedback...
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    excess androgen. Women with hirsutism commonly present with mildly elevated DHEA-S levels. Common etiologies for hirsutism include ovarian dysfunction...
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    hence acts by inhibiting adrenal steroidogenesis. One side effect is hirsutism (in women) because of the excess androgen precursors created. The other...
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