Sexual Health
What are the manifestations of precocious puberty in children? 3. Hazards of precocious puberty
Premature puberty is still quite obvious in children, so parents should remember to pay more attention and detect it in a timely manner in order to develop corresponding strategies and help your child handle it well, avoiding the impact of precocious puberty on the future.
Manifestations of precocious puberty in children
1. The Secondary sex characteristic appears in advance and progresses according to the normal development procedure. The symptoms develop at different speeds.
Girl: Breast development, height increase, pubic hair appearance, usually menarche 2 years after breast development begins.
Boy: Testicular and penile enlargement, sudden increase in height, appearance of pubic hair, and generally sound changes and ejaculation 2 years after testicular enlargement.
2. According to the basis of gonadal development, girls are judged by B-ultrasound imaging, and the testicular volume of boys is ≥ 4ml.
3. During the development process, the growth rate of height increases, and there is an imbalance between mental and physical development.
4. Gonadotropin rises to puberty level.
5. The bone age may be advanced, leading to the early closure of the epiphysis and the Early stopping of growth, resulting in the final shorter height. Patients with intracranial lesions may have symptoms of intracranial hypertension. Congenital Adrenal cortex hyperplasia can lead to hypertension and water electrolyte disorder.
The physical signs mainly focus on the Secondary sex characteristic, breast size, pubic hair, axillary hair, testicular size, penis length, height growth, abnormal increase of head circumference (Hydrocephalus), neurological signs, abdominal palpation of girls, ovarian tumor, unilateral testicular enlargement of boys, testicular tumor, and Adrenal cortex hyperplasia or tumor of male precocious puberty.
The hazards of precocious puberty
1. Children with idiopathic precocious puberty are affected by sex hormones in their receptors, leading to premature acceleration of physical growth, early fusion of epiphyses, shortened growth period, and early cessation of growth, resulting in lower adult height than children of the same age who develop according to normal puberty.
2. Although children with precocious puberty develop their sexual characteristics early, their psychological and intellectual development levels are still at the actual age level. Premature sexual characteristics and reproductive organ development can lead to psychological disorders in immature children, and also bring many inconveniences to life. In severe cases, it can even affect reading and learning.
3. Some precocious puberty is caused by the presence of tumors in the body, which can secrete substances similar to sex hormones. Sometimes, when the tumor is still young, the amount of sex hormones it secretes is already large enough to cause sexual development. Therefore, children with precocious puberty must seek medical attention in a timely manner and receive early diagnosis and treatment.