How to treat precocious puberty in children

Abnormalities of the endocrine system are often an important cause of precocious puberty in children. Currently, the main purpose of treating precocious puberty in children is to improve their height and prevent a series of psychological problems caused by precocious puberty. It is important to note that children's precocious puberty can only be treated through medical intervention, and there is no very effective method to completely cure it. And treatment should not be blind, it must be carried out on the basis of a detailed diagnosis.

Precocious puberty can be divided into true precocious puberty and false precocious puberty according to the cause.

Precocious puberty is generally manifested by breast development, increased vaginal discharge, and menstruation in girls, and enlarged penis and testicles in boys, as well as penile erections and even ejaculation, facial acne, and a deepening of the voice. Pubic and underarm hair can appear in both boys and girls. Plasma testosterone in boys and estradiol in girls increase with the development of precocious puberty. X-ray of the wrist bones showed that the bone age was more mature than the actual age, which was consistent with sexual maturity.

According to traditional Chinese medicine, the lesions of precocious puberty mainly occur in the kidneys and liver. The main cause of the disease is due to the imbalance of yin and yang in the kidneys of children, insufficient kidney yin, and hyperactivity of the fire. It can also be caused by illness or mental factors that lead to liver failure to release, liver depression turning into fire, and liver fire inflammation, resulting in early menstruation and the early appearance of secondary sexual characteristics. Clinical experts have achieved good results by making diagnosis and treatment based on this.

There are many ways to treat children's precocious puberty in time. The first thing is to choose the appropriate treatment measures according to the severity of the child's condition. Gonadotropin-releasing hormone is a very commonly used drug for the treatment of children's precocious puberty. This drug is mainly suitable for the treatment of true precocious puberty. At the same time, psychological treatment should be emphasized to strengthen psychological guidance for children and prevent them from developing negative psychological conditions.