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Symptoms of Intersex/ Hermaphroditism
Ambiguous genitalia at birth
Micropenis
Clitoromegaly (an enlarged clitoris)
Partial labial fusion
Apparently undescended testes (which may turn out to be ovaries) in boys
Labial or inguinal (groin) masses; which may turn out to be testes; in girls
Hypospadias (the opening of the penis is somewhere other than at the tip; in females, the urethra [urine canal] opens into the vagina)
Otherwise unusual appearing genitalia at birth
Electrolyte abnormalities
Delayed or absent puberty
Unexpected changes at puberty
Micropenis
Clitoromegaly (an enlarged clitoris)
Partial labial fusion
Apparently undescended testes (which may turn out to be ovaries) in boys
Labial or inguinal (groin) masses; which may turn out to be testes; in girls
Hypospadias (the opening of the penis is somewhere other than at the tip; in females, the urethra [urine canal] opens into the vagina)
Otherwise unusual appearing genitalia at birth
Electrolyte abnormalities
Delayed or absent puberty
Unexpected changes at puberty
What is Hermaphroditism?
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Hermaphroditism is a sex development disorder in which a person is cursed with both male and female gene tails, also called Intersex. The reproductive organs might be fully or partially developed and can be at various developing stages. Historically hermaphrodite is derived from two words “Herma” and “Phrodite" that were a Greek god symbolizing male and a Greek goddess symbolizing female. Therefore, the people who are stuck with both the reproductive organs are called hermaphrodites and condition “Hermaphroditism”.
It is an acute and desperate condition for any individual, though linked with gods and goddesses for name sake such individuals are pathetically insulted with names as freaks and are unfortunately barred from the main frame of our social circle. Generally in public it is said to be a consequence of excessive secretion of male hormones or female hormones in the body of the patient which leads to unfinished sex organs in an individual. Ironically what is loathed in the contemporary era was worshiped in ancient times among people living in various countries of west and east, in India it is still revered in the form of Ardhnareswar lord Shiva which literally means half male and half female.
It is an acute and desperate condition for any individual, though linked with gods and goddesses for name sake such individuals are pathetically insulted with names as freaks and are unfortunately barred from the main frame of our social circle. Generally in public it is said to be a consequence of excessive secretion of male hormones or female hormones in the body of the patient which leads to unfinished sex organs in an individual. Ironically what is loathed in the contemporary era was worshiped in ancient times among people living in various countries of west and east, in India it is still revered in the form of Ardhnareswar lord Shiva which literally means half male and half female.
XVIII Century Woodcut Engraving, by K. Lufloss, showing the famous sculpture "'The Reclining Hermaphrodite"