Menstruating boy baffles doctors
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.
Doctors, who say this is a very rare case but not unprecedented, are now planning chromosomal and hormonal tests on the boy.
