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(#4) How Do You Know If You Have MKRH?
Most young women with MKRH don't realize it until they don't start their period as teens, and this is typically the point when MKRH is diagnosed by a doctor. Not all women with MKRH are completely missing a vagina, though - it may just be underdeveloped. Some with an undeveloped vagina will experience difficulty or pain with sexual intercourse, another possible first indicator of MKRH.
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(#12) Is There A Male Equivalent To Rokitansky Syndrome?
It may seem like women get the short end of the stick when it comes to reproductive problems. However, men aren't without their fair share of reproductive woes.
Phimosis, for example, is when the foreskin gets too tight to be pulled back. Priapism is an erection that lasts more than four hours, and not from Viagra overuse.
Hypospadias, the closest equivalent to Rokitansky's syndrome, is when the uretha is not at the head of the penis. Like Rokitansky's syndrome, this defect occurs while in the womb. However, it's far more common, occurring in about 1 in 1,000 live births.
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(#10) No One Can Tell If You Have Rokitansky Syndrome
Women with Rokitansky syndrome still go through puberty and develop normally. The external genitalia is fully formed and looks typical. If a woman chooses to construct a vagina with surgery, a sexual partner would not be able to tell, unless the women opts to tell them.
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(#1) Rokitansky Syndrome Occurs In The Womb
The good news is that if you're reading this and currently have a vagina, you do not have Rokitansky syndrome, nor will you get it later in life. The genetic abnormality occurs in the womb, possibly around 20 weeks. While the female fetus develops, the reproductive system develops out of the Mullerian ducts. One of these ducts is in charge of creating the vagina and uterus, while the other develops into the fallopian tubes. Scientists think that these ducts don't develop properly, thus causing Rokitansky syndrome.
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(#7) There Are A Few Possibilities To Create A Vagina With Surgery
There are five types of surgeries used to create a vagina, each with its own positives and negatives. All five require general anesthesia, a hospital stay, and the use of dilators afterwards.
The McIndoe procedure creates a vagina from a skin graft, whereas the Davydov procedure uses a membrane from abdominal and pelvic cavities. Creating a vagina from the bowel, on the other hand, usually causes ongoing vaginal discharge.
The Davydov procedure can be completed in about 1-2 hours and has a success rate of over 95%. Miklos & Moore, the leaders in MRKH surgery, report that the Davydov procedure has fewer complications than the alternatives, and can be completed via laparoscopy (small incisions as opposed to one long cut). Laparoscopy is typically an outpatient procedure; in this case, patients only stay one night in the hospital. If the patient diligently uses the dilators, she can become sexually active in about 6-8 weeks.
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(#8) Insurance May Not Help With The Reconstructive Surgeries
If you think that getting a vaginal surgery is as easy as scheduling it at your local hospital, think again. Many first-person accounts of Rokitansky syndrome note that insurance didn't cover their vaginal surgeries. An Indiana woman created a GoFundMe page for her daughter, asking for $11,000 for the surgery and costs to get to Atlanta for the surgery. 237 people raised the money in a little over a year. A young woman in Arizona raised the $15,000 necessary for her surgery; insurance deemed it a cosmetic surgery and wouldn't cover the procedure. Insurance does, however, cover vasectomies for men.
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Rokitansky syndrome is the most complicated genital disease that women can suffer. This disease is a congenital vaginal malformation that occurs during pregnancy and causes the birth of girls with the immature or immature uterus and vaginal canal. Approximately 1 in 5,000 women is diagnosed with Rokitansky syndrome. The inability to get pregnant due to the absence of a uterus is usually the most difficult thing for patients to accept.
It is impossible to judge whether you have Rokitansky yndrome from the outside. Therefore, this disease is usually diagnosed when the patient still has no menstruation during adolescence. The random tool will share 13 important things about Rokitansky syndrome you never know.
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