The child, in India is being treated in a Delhi hospital after being diagnosed with the hormonal condition and developing sexual organs of a grown man. This condition can also cause sexual urges.
The Hindustan Times reported that the child’s parents noticed strange physical changes when the boy was only six months old, and his genitalia started growing abnormally.
He was taken to the doctor at the age of 18 months. At that stage he was only 95 cm tall but was already growing facial and body hair and had fully grown sexual organs. His voice had started to break as well.
“We thought maybe he was just a big baby, so we did not take him to the doctor,” his mother told the Hindustan Times.
“But by the time he was one, it was apparent there was something wrong.
“My mother-in-law, who has taken care of several children in the family, also said that his growth seemed unnatural. That is when we took him to the doctor.”
Dr Vaishakhi Rustagi, who is treating the child at the hospital, said: “His testosterone levels were exceptionally high, as high as that of a 25-year-old, because of which he had started experiencing physical changes.
“Since he was so young, he was not able to understand what was happening. He would experience sexual urges too.
“Precocious puberty is traumatic for a child of his age and it makes them violent — his muscle strength increased to a level that even his parents couldn’t control him.”
“Precocious puberty” is defined as any child who goes through puberty before the age of seven or eight.
It’s a very rare condition.
