His organs genitals change after lying on the chest of his father covered with a hormonal gel

In Sweden, a special case, which occurred eight years earlier, was recently highlighted by doctors. He concerns a little girl who had skin -to -skin contact with her father. As a reminder, this practice is to place a newborn baby, just after birth, naked against the chest of one of his parents. This method has many health benefits. However, in this situation, she led to the development of a genital anomaly in children, according to the Daily Mail. Indeed, by lengthening his daughter on his shirtless, man, having applied a hormonal gel prescribed to combat the drop in age -related libido and andropause, has involuntarily exposed to abnormally high rates of testosterone. Without knowing it, it induced the transfer of treatment to the baby’s skin.

“His clitoris has lengthened, resembling a small penis”

This accidental drug exposure has caused significant changes in its genitals. Many media have mentioned the development of a “micropenis”. However, according to Professor Jovanna Dahlgren, specialist in pediatric endocrinology at the Sahlgrenska university hospital in Göteborg, who described this case, this term is incorrect because it only applies to male genital organs. In the case of the 10 -month -old little girl, “her clitoris went down, resembling a small penis, and her lips merged to form a scrotum. Worried, her parents took her to the doctor, who quickly discovered the origin of the problem through blood tests. The tests revealed a dangerously high testosterone level. Thus, the father stopped exposing it to hormonal frost. Subsequently, his genitals have shrunk and returned to normal.

Parents do not “understand” still “the effectiveness of hormonal treatments

By approaching this case again, Jovanna Dahlgren’s goal is to alert parents. “I don’t think people always understand the effectiveness of these treatments. They are completely desperate when they understand what happened,” Has she told the Swedish newspaper Gothenburg Post. She added that a similar case had been reported. This time, it was a 10-year-old boy who had developed breasts after being exposed to a treatment based on female hormones that his mother took.

To prevent any genital abnormality, the British Agency for the Regulation of Medicines and Health Products (MHRA) recommends the parents to wash their hands and to avoid any direct contact with children’s skin. “Similar warnings are issued for women taking testosterone and other hormonal drugs in the treatment of menopause in order to avoid accidental exposure to other adults and children.”