Sunday 26th Jan 2025
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Know the First Iraqi Baby to be Born With Three Penises

Know the First Iraqi Baby to be Born With Three Penises

News Desk: For the first time in medical history, here we came across a baby who is born in Iraq with three penises. Hailing from Duhok, the three-month-old baby was carried to the hospital by his parents. The reason behind this was he had swelling in the scrotum.

The doctors rushed to examination immediately and was ascertained that he had two more penises that was emerging. One was coming out near the root of his primary penis. whereas the other one is situated under the scrotum.

The doctors said it to be a rare case because the child was never exposed to any kind of drugs in the womb. Moreover, there was a no genetic anomaly in his family history.

The International Journal of Surgery Case published regarding this rare phenomenon. The paper was written by Ayad Ahmed Mohammed and Shakir Saleem Jabali . The study said “Triphallia (three penises) is an unreported condition until now. It affects one in every 5-6 million live births. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case with three penises or triphallia,” .

The additional penises did not have a urethra and the case is considered to be the first-ever case of Triphallia. A similar case was reported in the year 2015 where a boy in India had three penises.