What are ambiguous genitals?

Although the shout "It's a girl!" or "It's a boy!" It is what most people expect in the midwifery room, sometimes sex is not immediately obvious, because the child has ambiguous genitals that can share the characteristics of male and female genitalia, making the child's sex more difficult. In this case, it may take some time to determine the genetic sex of the child and decide what steps to take. One of them is chromosomal abnormality, from which there are quite a number, leading to an unusual development of genital organs during fetal development. For example, people with chromosomal abnormalities can have XXY sex chromosomes. Several congenital conditions, such as congenital adrenal hyperplasia, can also lead to ambiguous genitals. All these factors can cause things like an enlarged clitoris in girls, along with other changes in female genitalia that can make the sex of the child unclear while boys may have penises that are smaller than average or changes in their testiclesthat could lead to confusion in trying to determine the sex of the infant.

In many cases, the ambiguous genitals are not dangerous and are solved mainly because of concerns about socialization. In other cases, they are associated with hazardous genetic conditions, in which case they are a symptom of a major problem. For this reason, doctors like to devote their time to find out why the child has ambiguous genitals, so parents will know the whole story that will allow them to inform them as much as possible about what to do.

When the ambiguous genitals are caused, this condition must be treated or solved before the transition to the question of the genitals, while in cases where such causes were excluded, the genitals may be a primary problem. Treatments available for ambiguous genitals include hormones that encourage genitals to evolve in one or the other direction, or surgery to deal with changeNami genital formation. Surgery is also sometimes necessary, because sometimes abnormalities in genital formation lead to problems such as a closed urethra.

There is some debate on the treatment of ambiguous genitalia. Organizations that advocate people known as "intersex" because they are not specifically men or women have raised concerns about situations in which parents can be forced to choose sex for their children. In cases where a child has a clear genetic gender and minimal treatment is needed to stimulate the genitals to form in harmony with this sex, the treatment is Less controversial. However, if extensive surgery or other measures are needed, some organizations suggested that children should be allowed to grow and decide. Parents who choose this choice are relatively few, partly because of very serious fears of social problems that a child or young adult with ambiguous genitals can face. In some cases there are inter -x children who were given at birthENY, later accepted another gender identity.