Precocious puberty in girls

There are many statistics in hospitals now showing that there are many precocious children seeing doctors in hospitals, especially girls with precocious puberty. In today's society, there are more and more children with precocious puberty. This phenomenon is mainly related to current food. Moreover, the proportion of girls with precocious puberty is much larger than that of boys. Parents must pay attention to the phenomenon of their children's precocious puberty.

Everyone should know that girls suffer from precocious puberty. Nowadays, there are a lot of additives and hormones in the food children eat. Coupled with the openness of society, the phenomenon of children suffering from precocious puberty is not uncommon. Parents must not ignore the precocious puberty of girls. Failure to pay attention will cause great harm to the children's physical and mental health.

Precocious puberty: Girls outnumber boys by about 5 to 1

Precocious puberty in children refers to breast development before the age of 8 in girls, menstruation before the age of 10, and development of external genitalia before the age of 9 in boys. The incidence of precocious puberty is approximately 0.6% among both male and female children, with girls being more likely to develop the disease than boys, at a ratio of approximately 5 to 1.

According to doctors, last year the Children's Hospital received nearly 4,000 cases of precocious puberty, including hereditary, exogenous and organic causes. In cases of precocious puberty, more girls are involved, and 80% of them are exogenous, such as eating or coming into contact with foods or objects containing high levels of estrogen. 80% of boys' precocious puberty is organic, such as tumors that cause changes in hormone levels in children's bodies.

"When seeing a case of precocious puberty, the main thing to look at is whether the child has really developed. If it is exogenous precocious puberty, no treatment or medication is needed, and it will heal on its own as long as the diet is adjusted. But if it is organic, it is not a simple matter of treating precocious puberty," said Dr. Wu Di.

Precocious puberty harms the physical and psychological burden on children and puts great pressure on them

Precocious puberty is very harmful to children's growth. Dr. Wu Di also emphasized this harmfulness from three aspects.

First of all, children who develop early will not grow tall. Due to the rapid development of bones, the growth cycle of children with precocious puberty will be significantly shortened, and there will not be enough time for development, which will ultimately make their height shorter than that of ordinary people when they grow up. About half of children with true precocious puberty often have a final height of less than 150 cm.

Secondly, precocious puberty is more harmful to girls. Girls who experience precocious puberty may encounter fertility problems when they grow up. They are more likely to suffer from polycystic ovary syndrome, which is also a common cause of female infertility.

Finally, there are psychological concerns. Children with precocious puberty are different from their peers in body shape and appearance. They may experience fear and anxiety, and develop inferiority complex and other problems, which will have an adverse effect on their mental health.

Parents and teachers must not ignore the phenomenon of precocious puberty in girls. Precocious puberty can cause great harm to girls. It can cause children to be too short, have inferiority complex, and be anxious. In severe cases, it can cause some mental illness. Parents should pay attention to their children's growth and development, communicate more with them, and understand their hearts.