Child's Penis And Testicles Seem To Be Not Developing Normally. Suggest?

Posted on Fri, 12 Jul 2013

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Question : child's penis and testicles seem to be not developing normally. Same size or slightly smaller than his 4 year old brother.

Answered by Dr. Dr.Raju.A.T (1 hour later)

Hi,

Thanks for your query.

Do get a Testosterone hormone estimation done, low testosterone or defective testis can lead to such underdevelopment.

Since the age is 9yrs, if the deficiency of the testosterone is found supplement testosterone hormone can be given to prevent serious defects. This time is very important as he will be entering puberty very soon.

Hope, I answered your query.

Please let me know if there are any other concerns.

Regards,

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar