Usually girls begin to have secondary sexual characteristics at the age of 10-12 and boys at the age of 12-14, and if girls develop secondary sexual characteristics before the age of 8 and boys before the age of 9, it is called precocious puberty.
Anchor: Liang Xiaoyan
What are the symptoms of precocious puberty?
The most important symptom of precocious puberty is the appearance of secondary sexual characteristics, menarche.
The earliest manifestations of boys are the appearance of secondary sexual characteristics, and the appearance of pigmentation, voice inflection, beard, etc. When secondary sexual characteristics appear, they are also accompanied by accelerated growth in height and weight.
How to determine whether it is precocious puberty?
If parents find that children have developed secondary sexual characteristics prematurely, then they must go to the hospital in time to determine whether it is precocious puberty through a series of examinations, including sex hormone levels, bone age, ultrasound, etc.
How to prevent precocious puberty?
Eat a reasonable diet, control your weight; develop good sleep habits; avoid adult cosmetics...
In the process of child's growth and development, pay more attention to the child's physical and psychological changes, such as finding that the child has premature development and seek medical treatment in time.
Text source: Popular Science China
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Editor: Zhou Qingqing
Review: Yang Jie
Supervisor: Chen Jie
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