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Types of Hermaphroditism
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Apart from the social and mythological jargons from technical and medical point of view Hermaphroditism is basically of 4 types.
XX type, such individuals appear to be male but have all the characteristics of female reproductive organs in most of these cases the clitoris enlarges to give an appearance of a penis. This condition is typically called Virilism where at puberty a female appears to have male characteristics like mustaches and beard.
XY type here the eulogy is entirely different and the patient appears to be female externally but has the characteristics of a male reproductive organs typically called anti Virilism.
TRUE GONAD type in such cases the individual have both the reproductive organs of male and female and externally the true identity of the reproductive organs cannot be detected. However such cases are rare and feebly found in humans.
GENETIC DISORDER type Hermaphroditism can also be traced to genetic disorders like downs syndrome and Edward syndrome where an extra or less presence of X or Y chromosomes apart from the 23 pairs of human chromosomes results in various sexual and behavioral abnormalities.
Although these are the core basis of Hermaphroditism but apart from the above context researches have shown that marring in close relations communities or families prevalent in various religions can also facilitate or lead to this deformity.
Testosterone plays a key role in determining the very nature of this disease at some point due to it’s over secretion male characteristics begin to appear while on the other hand under secretion might change the whole story and promote female characteristics in the individual. Hence ideal secretion of this hormone is vital for the formation of proper sex organ.
In this modern scientific world nothing seems to be impossible and acknowledging the stated line there is a cure for this disease or sex development disorder. Earlier it was an uphill task but presently there is a whole team of surgeons who can perform surgery on the unwanted tissue and can procure your child with a desired male or female sex organ. However parents should not rush or make hasty decisions in case their offspring has a dual or incomplete gene tail proper medical council and advice need to be taken onto account before the operation.
Patience and support for the child is of utmost importance in these delicate but crucial cases as there is nothing wrong with their child and the remedy is always at an arms distance. Many argue that the child must decide what gender they wish to be associated with after all its their own life and they should never ever be coaxed into a choice which does not tally with their attitude in social arena.
XX type, such individuals appear to be male but have all the characteristics of female reproductive organs in most of these cases the clitoris enlarges to give an appearance of a penis. This condition is typically called Virilism where at puberty a female appears to have male characteristics like mustaches and beard.
XY type here the eulogy is entirely different and the patient appears to be female externally but has the characteristics of a male reproductive organs typically called anti Virilism.
TRUE GONAD type in such cases the individual have both the reproductive organs of male and female and externally the true identity of the reproductive organs cannot be detected. However such cases are rare and feebly found in humans.
GENETIC DISORDER type Hermaphroditism can also be traced to genetic disorders like downs syndrome and Edward syndrome where an extra or less presence of X or Y chromosomes apart from the 23 pairs of human chromosomes results in various sexual and behavioral abnormalities.
Although these are the core basis of Hermaphroditism but apart from the above context researches have shown that marring in close relations communities or families prevalent in various religions can also facilitate or lead to this deformity.
Testosterone plays a key role in determining the very nature of this disease at some point due to it’s over secretion male characteristics begin to appear while on the other hand under secretion might change the whole story and promote female characteristics in the individual. Hence ideal secretion of this hormone is vital for the formation of proper sex organ.
In this modern scientific world nothing seems to be impossible and acknowledging the stated line there is a cure for this disease or sex development disorder. Earlier it was an uphill task but presently there is a whole team of surgeons who can perform surgery on the unwanted tissue and can procure your child with a desired male or female sex organ. However parents should not rush or make hasty decisions in case their offspring has a dual or incomplete gene tail proper medical council and advice need to be taken onto account before the operation.
Patience and support for the child is of utmost importance in these delicate but crucial cases as there is nothing wrong with their child and the remedy is always at an arms distance. Many argue that the child must decide what gender they wish to be associated with after all its their own life and they should never ever be coaxed into a choice which does not tally with their attitude in social arena.
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