What are the latest advances in Kallmann Syndrome?

New Farmacologic treatments are discovered any day, but there is no cure.

Faster acting fertility treatments are being developed for male patients in the hope to achieve fertility quicker than the two years in can take at the present time.

Testosterone injections lasting 3 months are already available which can help maintain steady testosterone levels over a longer period of time.

Post natal blood testing up to 6 months of age for testosterone, oestrogen and FSH and LH can help with an early indication of Kallmann syndrome in families where Kallmann syndrome is suspected.

Next generation sequencing of genes can help identify more genetic causes of Kallmann syndrome and perhaps lead to finding a common gene defect that could help with early diagnosis of the condition.

The most significant advance is the ability to diagnose infants from genetic testing. This allows treatment to begin in early adolescents, thereby avoiding many of the social and emotional problems experienced by KS patients.

Other advances are in terms of hormone replacement therapy. These are slow to be authorized in the US and even slower to be accepted by insurance. However, some of these advances are gels, creams, patches, implants, and quarterly (as opposed to weekly) injections