If the primary cause is not found, a combination of self-care strategies and techniques can be used, psychological support can also be useful because hirsutism is often a frustrating and embarrassing condition.
In patients with clinical signs of functioning masses such as virilization, hirsutism, acne, hypertension, investigations with radiographic and biochemical studies, pheochromocytoma may present with headache, hypertension, and sweating. Adrenal masses can be palpated in smaller children or may be found on abdominal scans performed for other problems.
The study referred to was carried out by the neurosurgery service of the Lariboisière hospital in Paris in collaboration with the same ANSM (national agency for the safety of drugs and health products) and Health insurance, investigating 250.000 women who, in the 2007-2015 period, they used, according to prescription, the drug to deal with hirsutism or endometriosis.
Usually, this product is prescribed, in women, to oppose excessive hirsutism or hairiness, endometriosis, the tendency of alopecia (hair loss), to treat oily skin and acne.
