XXY: Quality of Life is lower on Androgens... no kidding really?

Quality of life is reduced in patients with Klinefelter syndrome on androgen replacement therapy.

de Ronde W, de Haan A, Drent ML.

Department of Endocrinology, Vrije Universiteit Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. p.deronde@vumc.nl
Abstract

CONTEXT: Klinefelter syndrome (KS) is a genetic disorder, characterized by an XXY karyotype, hypergonadotrophic hypogonadism and infertility, which affects approximately 1 in 700 men. KS has also been associated with neuropsychological alterations. OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether quality of life (QoL) is reduced in patients with KS on androgen treatment. DESIGN: Observational study. METHODS: Questionnaires (RAND-36) were sent to 46 KS patients on androgen treatment who regularly visit the outpatient clinic of an academic medical centre. QoL scores were compared with a Dutch male reference group. RESULTS: Forty (87%) questionnaires were returned which were suitable for evaluation. KS patients had significantly lower (worse) scores on eight of the nine domains of the RAND questionnaire compared with the male reference group. In KS patients, higher education was associated with significantly better QoL scores. CONCLUSIONS: QoL is reduced in patients with KS on androgen treatment.

PMID: 19131504 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Free Article


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I read that article and said, "Yep that about sums it up." You can find the article on www.pubmed.gov. Amazing that they have finally published what we have known for years, well those of us willing to recognize the problems caused by Testosterone. Its not a panacea, no, Testosterone for people with Klinefelter's Syndrome is one foot in the grave, with the rest of you following in about 10-15 years (or less if you take alot of it).

So Dredger, what does this say about the ethics of giving Testosterone to a patient, is it better that they live first unhappy and then die more quickly? If you didn't know, Dredger is an Ethics specialist and a Eugenicist. We have to watch those doctors who profess to Eugenics very closely, because if you or I do not fit into their perfect world it is perfectly acceptable for them to kill us and still fit into their narrow field as "being Ethical". That is, Death is Ethical if the person who dies isn't considered human. Most of the time we would call such people fanatics, to wit, imagine they happen to be our medical professionals?

Are we safe? Hardly.

Onnineko