Baby Boy Attends Puberty at the Age of 1 in Delhi

In a very rare case, a baby boy in Delhi was found to hit puberty when he was one-year-old. He had developed fully grown sex organs and experienced sexual desires similar to a 25-year-old man.Akash’s parents first noticed these abnormal changes in this body at six months of age. They were ignoring it by assuming that he was a big baby. But his grandmother told them that his changes are very unusual and they decided to consult a doctor.

By the time they took him to a doctor, he was 18-months, 95cm tall, had facial hair and his voice also started breaking. Doctors at the Max Super Specialty Hospital found the case very shocking.

This disorder is termed as precocious puberty or early puberty, which affects only one in 100,000 children in the age group of 8 to 10 years. But, this case is extremely rare as the boy has attented puberty at the age of one.

Doctors told that the boy had this condition because of increased testosterone levels in his body. Therefore, they are now treating the boy with hormone block therapy under which the boy needs to be injected once every month to block the effects of testosterone. He would be treated with the therapy for the next 10 to 12 years.

Source-Medindia