How should parents prevent precocious puberty in children? Parents should pay attention to these points when preventing precocious puberty in children

In recent years, the incidence rate of precocious puberty in children (children's food) has increased significantly, and the diagnosis and prevention of precocious puberty have begun to attract the attention of the medical community and parents.

Premature puberty is a Endocrine disease of children with abnormal growth and development. It is generally believed that girls develop breasts before the age of 8 and experience menarche before the age of 10; Before the boy was 9 years old, he had Secondary sex characteristic, namely precocious attribute. Among them, girls are more common, 4-5 times more than boys. According to the pathogenesis and clinical characteristics, precocious puberty can be classified as true, false, or partial.

True precocious puberty is the premature maturation of both internal and external genitals, also known as complete precocious puberty. Such children have early sexual characteristics and Fertility, accompanied by accelerated growth of height and weight, rapid bone maturation and early fusion of epiphysis. Children exhibit rapid growth and advanced bone age in the early stages of the disease, but ultimately, in adulthood, their height is relatively short, often less than 150 centimeters.

Pseudo precocious puberty

The children with pseudoprecocious puberty have no Fertility and only have side signs, such as genital development and vaginal bleeding. Partial precocious puberty, also known as incomplete precocious puberty, is often characterized by early breast development without accompanying other sexual characteristics. However, a few may be early stages of true precocious puberty, so long-term follow-up is necessary to promptly rule out true precocious puberty.

How to detect whether a child has precocious puberty?

In daily life, parents can pay more attention to observe whether the child has Secondary sex characteristic early. In addition, the sudden acceleration of the height growth of the child before the age of 10 is often a signal of precocious puberty. At this time, parents should not be blindly optimistic, but should take the child to the hospital for consultation and medical treatment in time.

Early detection and timely and effective treatment can not only prevent the further development of the Secondary sex characteristic, reverse the existing Secondary sex characteristic, and enable children to obtain normal psychological status and expected adult height, but also through the diagnosis and treatment of precocious puberty, find and treat some cases of precocious puberty, such as intracranial tumors, idiopathic hypothyroidism, gonadal tumors, adrenal hyperplasia or tumors. When boys experience precocious puberty, the chance of accompanying tumors is much greater than in girls, and it should not be taken lightly.

Laboratory tests for precocious puberty include hormone level testing, ultrasound, and bone age assessment. In terms of drug treatment, mild precocious puberty can be treated with traditional Chinese medicine; Moderate and true precocious puberty should be treated with Progestogen and gonadotropin releasing hormone under the guidance of doctors. Prevention is the key to precocious puberty in children.