What are the symptoms of congenital absence of vagina?

As we all know, women are prone to many diseases, and congenital absence of vagina is one of them. It brings great trauma to women's psychology. When women know that they have this disease, they are very inferior, dare not fall in love, and are even more afraid of getting married. So, what are the symptoms of congenital absence of vagina?

What are the symptoms of congenital absence of vagina?

This disease is characterized by normal female chromosome karyotype, normal systemic growth and development of female secondary sexual characteristics, normal vulva, absent vagina, developed uterus (only remnants of the two horns), small fallopian tubes, and normal ovarian development and function.

Patients with Rokitansky-Kustner-Hauser syndrome, which is often characterized by testicular feminization, are the most common. Patients with testicular feminization (androgen insensitivity syndrome) are relatively rare. Very few patients have true hermaphroditism or gonadal dysgenesis.

The vast majority of patients with congenital absence of vagina only have completely closed vaginal vestibule mucosa at the normal vaginal opening, with no traces of vagina.

Some patients also have a shallow depression in the vestibule of the vagina, and some have a blind vagina shorter than 3 cm. Often accompanied by no deformity, only slightly thickened strips of tissue can be seen in the normal uterus, located in the middle of the broad ligament.

About 1/10 of patients may have partial uterine development and functional endometrium. After puberty, due to menstrual blood retention, they experience periodic abdominal pain, amenorrhea, or the disease is discovered only after marriage when they seek medical attention due to difficulty in sexual intercourse.

What are the symptoms of congenital absence of vagina?

Congenital absence of vagina brings great psychological trauma to women. Some of them dare not seek treatment or fall in love. Most of the symptoms of congenital absence of vagina are that the patient only has a completely closed vaginal vestibule mucosa at the normal vaginal opening, without any vaginal trace. Some patients also have a shallow depression in the vaginal vestibule, and some have a blind vagina shorter than 3 cm.

Congenital absence of vagina is often accompanied by other malformations. When the paramesonephric duct is severely dysplastic, patients with congenital absence of vagina often have renal malrotation, low migration of the kidney, or migration to the pelvic cavity, forming urinary tract malformations such as pelvic kidney, horseshoe kidney, transboundary renal ectopia (two kidneys located on the same side of the body), renal agenesis, renal insufficiency, etc. Therefore, congenital absence of vagina should be treated as soon as possible, which is beneficial to the patient's future life.

In addition, the symptoms of congenital absence of vagina are that only slightly thickened strips of tissue (congenital angular vagina) are seen in the middle of the broad ligament in the position of the normal uterus. About 1/10 patients may have partial uterine development and functional endometrium. After puberty, due to menstrual blood retention, periodic abdominal pain occurs, and there is no menstruation or it is not discovered until after marriage when seeking medical examination due to sexual intercourse difficulties.

Warm reminder, I hope everyone can make an effective diagnosis and pay attention to changes in the genitals. After the child develops this disease, be sure to pay attention to the examination. After the disease is discovered, effectively treat it so that the child has a healthy genitals and avoids affecting the child's future and bringing more harmful consequences.