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Abstract Background The health harms caused by sex-normalising and unnecessary irreversible medical interventions on intersex infants children can include chronic pain, a need for repeat surgeries, damage to sexuality, serious mental problems, sterility. However, access appropriate healthcare is needed - occasionally lifesaving treatments in minors, but more often reparative treatment or condit...

The aim of this article is to analyze the composition and meaning of the "Chicago Consensus," published in two medical journals in August 2006. The "Consensus" recommends the use of the nomenclature "Disorders of Sex Development" (DSD) instead of the former classification of the "Intersexual States." Also, it suggests conducts related to diagnostic and intervention in these situations. The anal...