Can precocious puberty be treated?

In today's society, as everyone's market is getting better and better, most children eat better food than before. However, while accepting these carbonated drinks and various snacks, we will also find that many children are more and more likely to suffer from precocious puberty, especially many children in infancy drink some unhealthy milk powder, which can also cause precocious puberty. So can precocious puberty be cured?

Precocious puberty can be divided into three categories: true, false and incomplete.

1. True precocious puberty:

It is caused by the premature activation of the hypothalamus-pituitary-gonadal axis. Its occurrence mechanism is the same as that in normal circumstances. Endocrine changes and the development of internal and external genitalia are similar to normal maturity, accompanied by accelerated growth in height and weight, early skeletal closure, and early growth cessation, resulting in a shorter final height.

2. Pseudo-precocious puberty:

It is caused by an abnormally excessive source of sex hormones outside the body. Internal factors are mostly caused by lesions of peripheral endocrine glands (gonads or adrenal cortex); external factors are mostly the misuse of drugs, products and nutritional supplements containing sex hormones, the use of cosmetics containing sex hormones, and the mother's use of drugs containing gonadal hormones during pregnancy or lactation.

3. Incomplete precocious puberty:

This precocious puberty is not controlled by the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis, and only breasts or pubic hair develop without the development of other specific characteristics.

Experts warn parents not to panic or cause psychological stress to their children when they begin to develop secondary sexual characteristics. Generally speaking, pseudo-precocious puberty and incomplete precocious puberty have little impact on children's health and can be cured by more adjustments in lifestyle and other aspects. True precocious puberty can be cured as long as it is treated promptly and scientifically.

Precocious puberty means that a child's physical development characteristics appear earlier than those of children of the same age. Most girls will have menstruation and breast development at around six or seven years old, and boys will have problems such as enlarged Adam's apple and deeper voice. Therefore, we must pay more attention to children to avoid the occurrence of precocious puberty.