What is the cause of precocious puberty in children?

Compared with 10 years ago, with the better influence of everyone in today's life, the probability of children suffering from precocious puberty is increasing. Generally, adolescent children develop earlier and earlier, and most of them are around 11 or 12 years old. So in the face of such a problem, it is not considered precocious puberty. What should we do about the premature physical development of many children under the age of 9? What is the reason for children's precocious puberty?

What is considered precocious puberty?

Precocious puberty in children refers to the early onset of puberty. If a girl shows obvious breast development before the age of 8, or a boy develops secondary sexual characteristics such as Adam's apple and a deeper voice before the age of 9, it is considered precocious puberty.

Causes of precocious puberty

There are two main causes of precocious puberty. The first type is purely pathological, caused by genetics, central nervous system abnormalities, etc. The second category is non-disease causes, which are also the main cause of precocious puberty in children.

Four non-disease causes of precocious puberty

There are four main non-disease causes: improper diet, the child's mother's use of cosmetics, adverse picture stimulation and environmental pollution.

In terms of diet, children often eat foods containing hormones, such as broiler chickens ripened with hormones. In addition, some children watch TV and often browse pornographic pictures on the website, which may affect physiological changes after being stimulated.

The clinical manifestations of precocious puberty vary greatly. It can occur in all age groups before puberty, and the symptoms develop at different speeds. Some children may stagnate for a period of time after reaching a certain level of sexual development before further development.

There is a difference between true and false precocious puberty. True precocious puberty is the premature maturation of both internal and external genitalia, also known as complete precocious puberty. The sexual development process of such children follows the normal rules mentioned above and they are capable of reproduction. Children with pseudo-precocious puberty are infertile and only show the appearance of secondary sexual characteristics, such as premature breast development, vulvar genital development, vaginal bleeding, etc. Whether precocious puberty is true or false, it may be accompanied by accelerated growth in height and weight, rapid skeletal maturation and premature fusion of epiphyses, so that the child shows rapid growth and advanced bone age in the early stage of the disease, but ultimately becomes shorter in adulthood, often less than 150 cm.

Precocious puberty has become a focus of social attention. Many children often suffer from precocious puberty because they eat a lot of snacks or some milk powder as snacks. Unqualified milk products may cause precocious puberty. In normal physiology, precocious puberty means that children develop too early, so children must be treated in time and their vision development must be measured regularly.