A Baby Born With Three Penises Is the First Case Ever Recorded

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named this <a href="https://www.healthline.com/health/diphallia#:~:text=Diphallia%20is%20a%20genetic%20condition,5%E2%80%936%20million%20baby%20boys.">rare genetic condition Diphallia</a> which defines having two penises.</p><p id="33ad">Due to this new case, a new condition named <a href="https://www.healthline.com/health/diphallia#:~:text=Diphallia%20is%20a%20genetic%20condition,5%E2%80%936%20million%20baby%20boys.">Triphallia</a> was created which refers to a person born with three penises. Medics around the world are baffled and say that there is nothing yet specific identified that can provoke this genetic condition to manifest.</p><p id="d692">The condition isn’t actually so rare as <a href="https://www.healthline.com/health/diphallia#:~:text=Diphallia%20is%20a%20genetic%20condition,5%E2%80%936%20million%20baby%20boys.">Diphallia affects 1 out of every 6 million baby boys</a> and over 400 years since the first-ever recorded case there have been over 100 cases.</p><h1 id="cc2b">The problem with Diphallia/Triphallia</h1><p id="919c">The main worry that doctors have with this genetic condition is that most people who have had this in the past seem to have a shorter life expectancy than people that do not suffer from it. The implications of this are still being studied as they are unclear.</p><p id="6a32">What is known thus far is that this genetic disease is hereditary, meaning that it is transmitted genetically and therefore it cannot be controlled. Some studies show that such rare genetic conditions can be caused by mothers <a href="https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-02-fetal-exposure-antibiotics-mid-late.html">taking antibiotics during late pregnanc

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y</a> as it has a link to diseases and other health complications being developed right after birth.</p><p id="8191">That is the reason why the child recently underwent a surgical procedure to have two of the penises removed. The parent’s concern wasn’t only how this would affect the baby's life but also his health taking into consideration that something like this has never seen before, therefore it may bring new health complications that can put the child's life at risk.</p><h1 id="c091">Living life with more than one penis</h1><p id="0bd7">Interesting enough, there is one man who although is still anonymous has written a book about his life with suffering from Diphallia. The book is entitled “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00R8A2HVK">Double Header: My Life with Two Penises</a>” and the anonymous author uses the pen name Diphallic Dude (implying the genetic condition that affects him).</p><p id="108c">In the book, the authors mention that despite having two penises he had <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-30684471">over 1,000 sexual partners and that only by the age of 25</a>. His journey to tell his life story started on Reddit when he posted a Ask Me Anything post. His response became a legend on Reddit, ranking the response the 4th most popular post on the website.</p><p id="8135">The human body is strange and there is still a lot of unknowns when it comes to such rare genetical conditions, but the lessons we need to learn from all of this is that if these people suffering from such diseases chose to live with them, we should see them as equal and normal people as they didn’t choose to be born with such conditions.</p></article></body>

The parents chose to get the extras removed

Last year a baby from Irak was born with three penises, making him the first human to be born with three penises. Apart from this rare genetic condition, the baby was born perfectly fine. However, the penises were not noticed at birth as they developed after 3 months since the birth of the child.

Initially, the parents got worried when they saw an inflammation of the scrotum which is one of the symptoms of Diphallia (born with two penises). Other symptoms are:

Anal atresia

Distal Urethral duplication

The ectopic scrotum (abnormal scrotum position)

Abnormal rotation of kidneys

Extra kidney

Cryptorchidism (undescended testicle)

This condition is not as rare as people think

Surprisingly enough, there have been a handful of people that have been born with two penises but their names remain confidential from the public in order to protect their image. The first case was recorded in 1609 by Swiss Doctor Johannes Jacob Wecker who named this rare genetic condition Diphallia which defines having two penises.

Due to this new case, a new condition named Triphallia was created which refers to a person born with three penises. Medics around the world are baffled and say that there is nothing yet specific identified that can provoke this genetic condition to manifest.

The condition isn’t actually so rare as Diphallia affects 1 out of every 6 million baby boys and over 400 years since the first-ever recorded case there have been over 100 cases.

The problem with Diphallia/Triphallia

The main worry that doctors have with this genetic condition is that most people who have had this in the past seem to have a shorter life expectancy than people that do not suffer from it. The implications of this are still being studied as they are unclear.

What is known thus far is that this genetic disease is hereditary, meaning that it is transmitted genetically and therefore it cannot be controlled. Some studies show that such rare genetic conditions can be caused by mothers taking antibiotics during late pregnancy as it has a link to diseases and other health complications being developed right after birth.

That is the reason why the child recently underwent a surgical procedure to have two of the penises removed. The parent’s concern wasn’t only how this would affect the baby's life but also his health taking into consideration that something like this has never seen before, therefore it may bring new health complications that can put the child's life at risk.

Living life with more than one penis

Interesting enough, there is one man who although is still anonymous has written a book about his life with suffering from Diphallia. The book is entitled “Double Header: My Life with Two Penises” and the anonymous author uses the pen name Diphallic Dude (implying the genetic condition that affects him).

In the book, the authors mention that despite having two penises he had over 1,000 sexual partners and that only by the age of 25. His journey to tell his life story started on Reddit when he posted a Ask Me Anything post. His response became a legend on Reddit, ranking the response the 4th most popular post on the website.

The human body is strange and there is still a lot of unknowns when it comes to such rare genetical conditions, but the lessons we need to learn from all of this is that if these people suffering from such diseases chose to live with them, we should see them as equal and normal people as they didn’t choose to be born with such conditions.