Question

Assume that you are the leader of a team of health professionals who must decide the best treatment for an intersexed infant. Would you assign a gender identity and perform the surgical/or hormonal treatments consistent with the assigned gender? If so, what gender would you select? Why? If you would select not to assign a gender. What kind of follow-up or management strategy would you suggest during the child’s developmental years? Cite. Respond to 2 posts from other classmates. I am urging everyone to look at the Instructor posting area. A lot of you will start losing a lot of points this week unless you change your posts and responses.

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Answer 1

Ans:

As a health care professional leader for the inter sexed infant can assign surgical treatment and hormonal therapy .

Surgery;

• It icluincl remoual of excess.
• Incase of male removing ovary in a child.
• Incase of female removing testies in the female

Harmonal treatment:

Children needs madication to correct hormone / electro lytes imbalance.

Electrolyte regulating hormone while also over producing male hormone.

• As health care leader can assign a female child because of removal of testies in the female child can correct the disorders.
• It is a sexual developmental disorder it will effect the body differently and changes in the chromosomes.

Management:

• Assess the physical characteristics of the child.
• Observe the growth development in the child .
• Observe the weather the female child has developed sexual organs in the puberty.
• Advice them to go for the hormonal therapy.
• Ex - Estrogen and progesterone hormonal therapy can advice.
• Physical examination we can do in order to know developmental delay.
• Advice them to take the councilling session.
• Provide psychological support to the family members or parents.