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Print: What treatment is available for CAH?
Right now, there is no cure for CAH, but there is treatment. Your doctor will prescribe a form of cortisol that will need to be taken every day. The goal of treatment is to get the hormones to a normal level. Extra cortisol may need to be taken during times of stress, such as surgery.
Source
Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia: Not Really a Zebra by MA Deaton, JE Glorioso, DB McLean (American Family Physician March 01, 1999, http://www.aafp.org/afp/990301ap/1190.html)
Written by familydoctor.org editorial staff
Reviewed/Updated: 02/10
Created: 03/99
