Friday, June 24, 2005

Boy gets period

Puzzled doctors in India are running tests on a 15-year-old boy after he appeared to start menstruating.

Tarak, from Kalna in West Bengal's Burdwan district, has apparently been bleeding through his penis in the second week of the month for about a year.

In addition to this, the teenager also experiences sickness, stomach aches and mood swings - all suspiciously PMS-type symptoms, reports the Hindustan Times.

Local doctor Sudip Mondol is now running tests on the boy's blood to work out what exactly is happening to him.

"The boy has male organs but he has feminine attributes," Dr Mondol said.

"If tests of his blood samples prove the presence of ovum, this would be a rare medical case."

Read the complete article at SupaNet

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