Communication about Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia: Perspective of Filipino Families.

Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), like other genetic conditions, is a relational disease from both the biological and psychosocial perspectives since the diagnosis gives rise to a variety of health, reproductive, and psychosocial implications. It is in these contexts that family communication of genetic information is important to study. Hence, this research aimed to explore genetic information communication in Filipino families affected with CAH.

Monitoring congenital adrenal hyperplasia using blood spot 17-hydroxyprogesterone assay.

Blood spots taken by finger prick collected on filter paper cards can provide an option to venous blood extraction in monitoring 17-OHP levels in children with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH). This study was done to evaluate the usefulness of blood spot 17-OHP in monitoring disease control in pre-pubertal children with CAH, to correlate it with simultaneously extracted venous 17-OHP levels, and to compare blood spot levels of children with CAH with that of normal non-virilized children. Nine pre-pubertal children with CAH (1 male; 8 females) were enrolled in the study.