Do children with precocious puberty need treatment?

The incidence of precocious puberty in children is mostly found in first-tier cities. The children living in cities are more likely to suffer from precocious puberty. This is mainly due to daily diet and environmental factors. As the environment is deteriorating rapidly and smog has appeared in many places, the environment for children in rural areas is better. Therefore, the incidence of precocious puberty in children will be lower. Parents must pay attention to this disease and detailed treatment must be carried out if it occurs.

Normal sexual development has certain rules: the beginning of puberty for girls marks the beginning of breast development, followed by the appearance of pubic hair and external genitalia, and finally the menarche and the appearance of axillary hair. The whole process takes about 1.5 to 6 years, with an average of 4 years. Boys' testicles begin to enlarge during puberty, and then the scrotal skin becomes thinner and redder, followed by the growth and thickening of the penis, and then the appearance of pubic hair, axillary hair, a deep voice, a beard and other adult male physical characteristics. The whole process takes 5 years or more. When secondary sexual characteristics appear, the child's height and weight growth accelerates, with girls reaching their peak before menarche and boys reaching their peak after the development of their external genitalia, about two years later than girls.

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.

Early detection requires parents to pay more attention to their children in daily life to see if they have premature secondary sexual characteristics. If a girl complains of breast pain, lower abdominal pain, or suddenly accelerates her height growth before the age of ten, you should be alert. It is recommended that fathers should take a bath with their sons often, and mothers should take a bath with their daughters often. In this way, not only can parents understand their children's growth in a natural situation and observe their children's development at any time, but the intimate act of taking a bath together can also promote the family affection between parents and children.

Most children nowadays already have too much nutrition, so parents are reminded to use health supplements with caution and not to blindly feed children health foods such as royal jelly and pollen. There is also no need to let children take supplements such as ginseng and chicken essence. The correct way to raise children is to ensure that the three meals are balanced.

The reason why many children experience precocious puberty is due to overnutrition. You cannot let your children eat too much nutrient-rich food just because they are in the growth stage. Their digestive system cannot completely digest these supplements, so it leads to counterproductive effects. Parents only need to pay attention to the balanced nutrition of their children's three meals, which is the healthiest eating habit.