Body fat & height
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My question is regarding body fat, height & Klinefelters. Can someone with the syndrome ever lose the weight through exercise etc? Or is it impossible? & also I've read that being tall is a symptom. Is it possible to be short and have Klinefelters?
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XXYGuy Cynosure
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How short is short? I'm 5'9" my XY younger brother is 6'3" - yes there are 2 reasons why XXY males can be taller, one is the influence of the additional X in childhood, and we know that is true as many XXX females in childhood are taller than their XX counterparts. And the other is because of delayed closure of the epipheses, which are the parts of the bones to do the growing. Becasue of insufficient oestrogen the long bones don't stop growing fast enough and the males can be excessively tall. So obviously those XXY males who do not develop KS until later in life, say as a guess 16, they may well have stopped growing by then, as their testes did produce sufficient Testosterone, sufficient enough to be converted to oestrogen, and their long bones stopped growing as a result.
john03425 Cynosure
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Yes the body fat can improve either by testosterone and/or by exercise, say at a gym, for example. However, when we achieve senior status exercise can be more daunting. It doesn't matter your height for you are still eligible for Klinefelter's syndrome. Have you been diagnosed?
Cynosure
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@john03425. Nope, no formal diagnosis as yet. I've just had an FSH/LH test so hopefully that'll shed some light. I suspect Klinefelters for quite a few reasons, including body fat (& gyno) since hitting puberty (22 now), which doesn't seem to budge through any amount of exercise!
One more thing for you guys if you'd be able to inform me. I have quite a lot of body hair. I'm guessing like height this doesn't rule out an XXY diagnosis, but is body hair growth completely linked to testosterone levels? Thanks again both of you!
XXYGuy Cynosure
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Since there are many symptoms of KS, no single one can be seen as a difinitive indication, again in my opinion.
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