In his lifetime, Zhang Guiju was in the Department of Pediatrics, Shandong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine
In pediatric clinics, children with precocious puberty often come to the clinic. Many parents often stay up at night before coming, and have been searching the Internet for various precocious content. The network information is varied, and the more you look at it, the more afraid you are, which causes the whole family to be very anxious and worried about the development of children with such and such problems. When I arrived at the clinic, I couldn't help but shed tears, which was really pitiful to the hearts of parents in the world.
So what is precocious puberty and what are the dangers of precocious puberty? Why are parents so nervous?
Regarding the development of puberty, in the "Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic" more than 2,000 years ago, it is recorded that "a woman is seven years old, her kidneys are full, and her teeth are longer; two or seven days are decayed, Ren Pulse is connected, Tai Chong Pulse is prosperous, and the menstrual events are in the present, so she has children." The husband is eight years old, the kidney qi is solid, the hair is long teeth more; the two eight, the kidney qi is full, the heavens are decoction, the essence is overflowing, the yin and yang are harmonious, so they can have children. "Under the living conditions at that time, girls had their first menarche in the thirteenth and fourth years, and boys had sperm at the age of fifteen or sixteen. Today's children have a rich diet and are well nourished, and puberty is definitely earlier than before.
Medically, secondary sexual characteristic development is currently called precocious puberty in girls before the age of 8 and in boys before the age of 9, of which girls are most common. Because of the early appearance of sex hormones in the body, resulting in the emergence of secondary sex characteristics, and the source of sex hormones is different divided into true precocious puberty and pseudoprecocious puberty, initiated by the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis to cause an increase in sex hormones, is true precocious puberty. Hormones are derived from exogenous sources, such as ingestion or skin contact, and are pseudoprecocious. Same-sex secondary sexual characteristics are same-sex precocious puberty, such as breast development in girls. Manifestations of heterosexual secondary sexual characteristics are heterosexual precocious puberty, such as breast development in boys.
What are the dangers of precocious puberty?
First, the appearance of sex hormones, accelerated closure of the epiphysis, epiphysis closure of the height stops growing, resulting in undesirable lifelong height.
Second, physical developmental signs that are different from those of children of the same age have an impact on the psychological development of some children.
Third, there are girls who are young and have physical discomfort in menstruation that interfere with learning and daily activities.
Specific factors can cause precocious puberty, please pay attention to the next issue.