CAH also occurs in a milder form that poses no threat to life, but it still has many disturbing life quality implications. For example, it sometimes causes serious acne problems for teenagers. Girls with this form of CAH suffer emotionally from the appearance of facial hair, and their voice might sound male instead of female. They might also encounter fertility problems. Similar to the classic CAH symptoms, the signs of non-life threatening CAH might be absent at birth and appear in later years. Newborn blood tests are unlikely to reveal this type of CAH.

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