Diagnosis and treatment of congenital absence of vagina

You should know that the appearance of the symptom of congenital absence of vagina will bring great harm and pain to female friends. What is the diagnosis of congenital absence of vagina? Many people are not particularly familiar with it. So let us learn about its related content together:

This disease is caused by the obstruction of the embryo during development by internal or external factors, or by abnormal development of the paramesonephric duct due to gene mutation (may have a family history). The most common patients with Rokitansky-Kustner-Hauser syndrome are characterized by normal female chromosome karyotype, normal systemic growth and development of female secondary sexual characteristics, normal vulva, vaginal absence, uterine development (only remnants of two horns), small fallopian tubes, and normal ovarian development and function. Testicular feminization (androgen insensitivity syndrome) patients are relatively rare. Very few are true hermaphroditism or gonadal dysgenesis.

【diagnosis】

Most patients with congenital angular vagina only have completely closed vaginal vestibule mucosa at the normal vaginal opening, with no vaginal traces. Some patients also have shallow depressions in the vaginal vestibule, and some have blind vaginas shorter than 3 cm. It is often accompanied by no deformity, and only slightly thickened strips of tissue can be seen in the normal uterus, located in the middle of the broad ligament. About 1/10 patients may have partial uterine body development and functional endometrium. After puberty, due to menstrual blood retention, periodic abdominal pain occurs, no menstruation, or it is not discovered until after marriage when they seek medical examination due to sexual intercourse difficulties.

The above contents are some introductions about how to diagnose congenital absence of vagina. We hope that the introduction of these contents can provide some useful help to friends in need, and remind friends that if this symptom occurs, they must actively face and treat it.