'Menstruating' boy baffles doctors
Indo-Asian News Service
Kolkata, June 21, 2005
Fifteen year old Tarak, a domestic help in Kalna town of Burdwan district, has been bleeding akin to mensturation. He bleeds from his penis in the second week of every month.
During that time, he also suffers from nausea, stomach ache, mood swings and other symptoms of the menstrual cycle seen in women.
"The boy has male organs but he has feminine attributes," said physician Sudip Mondol who examined Tarak. "If tests of his blood samples prove the presence of ovum, this would be a rare medical case."
"The presence of female functional endometrial in a male prostate gland can cause this type of abnormality," said Pradip Mitra of the West Bengal Gynaecological Society.
Tarak had been experiencing this for a year but suppressed the news fearing he might lose his job. He is now under the observation of doctors who will carry out further chromosomal and hormonal tests.
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