A Chinese man was left stunned after he went to the doctor experiencing stomach aches and blood in his urine – only to discover that he was a woman on his period.
The married 44-year-old man from Zhejiang province, China, visited his local doctor with his wife in Yongkang where he made the shocking discovery that he had, all along, in fact been a woman.
After a full examination, doctors discovered that he had a full set of female reproductive organs along with a penis – which he said had given him an active sex life with his wife of ten years.
Tests: A man in Zhejiang province, China made the shocking discovery that he was a woman
PMT: Doctors told him that his stomach ache was actually his monthly period
But doctors doubted this.
Doctors found that his genitals were different from other men and he did not possess an Adam’s apple.
A spokesman for First People’s Hospital of Yongkang said that doctors doubted that Mr Chen was a female at first.
He said: ‘He was wearing men’s clothes with short hair, so we didn’t think that he would be a female at the beginning’.
However, Mr Chen said that he had known that something was wrong with him after he found himself constantly feeling fatigued with swollen face and legs.
Even worse, he constantly found blood in his urine.
A CT scan soon revealed that he had a uterus and ovaries.
Female reproductive system: The man had a full set of female reproductive organs along with a penis
Meanwhile, a chromosome examination showed that Mr Chen had a pair of XX sex chromosomes, making him genetically female.
Mr Chen was also suffering from Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia, a genetic disease that causes the adrenal glands to swell due to a decrease in stress hormone and an increase in male sex hormones.
A lump was later surgically removed from his adrenal glands.
This type of medical case is extremely rare and doctors have not confirmed whether Mr Chen was a hermaphrodite or intersex. But he did appear to have two types of genitalia.
Doctors said it was too late for Mr Chen to seek medical treatment for his unusual problem as it was only effective for younger people.
