Which department should I consult for precocious puberty?

Precocious puberty is a common problem that often occurs in children. When a child has precocious puberty, parents don't know which department to take their children to for examination. In fact, parents don't need to panic too much when their children have precocious puberty. What is the real cause of precocious puberty? Precocious puberty and the correct examination, so which department should be visited for precocious puberty?

Xu Wen, deputy director and chief Chinese medicine practitioner of Guangzhou Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, said that due to the influence of the social environment and the improvement of living standards, children's sexual development generally occurs earlier. According to incomplete statistics, about 15% of children develop early and show a tendency towards precocious puberty, among which girls are 4 to 5 times more likely than boys. She said: "Many parents only focus on the physical growth of their children when they think of the harm of precocious puberty. They think that precocious puberty is nothing more than early development. They think that their children will grow up earlier than their peers and their height will be affected in the future. In fact, this understanding is not comprehensive. The greater harm is that precocious puberty is more likely to mean premature aging."

Xu Wen explained that if a 6-year-old girl starts to develop breasts, without treatment, she will have her first period at the age of 8 and the development of her bone age will stop prematurely. Moreover, when she reaches her 30s, when people of her age are in their prime, she is likely to experience symptoms of aging that she shouldn't have, such as premature loosening and falling teeth, and even premature aging and atrophy of the uterus and ovaries, and early onset of menopause and menopause. "Precocious puberty can also seriously affect the child's expected quality of life and life expectancy.

"Precocious puberty" is increasing year by year. Go to the endocrinology department for testing.

In recent years, the number of children experiencing "precocious puberty" has increased year by year. Ever since the Synutra milk powder incident, many parents are indeed worried, but they don’t know how to check or which department to go to. Children with "precocious puberty" can go to the child health department or the child endocrinology department. The most preliminary screening is to measure bone age. This test is not available in all hospitals. You need to go to a large tertiary hospital. In addition, for infants under six months old, bone age testing is meaningless.

Precocious puberty is generally a very common problem. It mostly occurs in children around six or seven years old. Some girls will even have menstruation and breast development at around six years old. Most of them will also affect the child's height development. Therefore, parents must take their children to a regular hospital for examination in time to avoid harm.