The impact of precocious puberty on children

The incidence of precocious puberty in children is now showing an upward trend, and the age of onset is getting younger and younger. Even newborn babies may suffer from precocious puberty. This is mainly because pregnant women do not pay attention during pregnancy, causing some hormones to enter their bodies, thus causing their babies to suffer from precocious puberty. Such precocious puberty can be cured as long as it is treated in time, so parents do not need to worry too much if they find that their children have precocious puberty.

1. Psychological barriers:

Although children with precocious puberty develop their sexual characteristics earlier, their psychological and intellectual development level is still at the actual age level. The premature appearance of sexual characteristics and development of reproductive organs can cause psychological disorders in immature children. In particular, seeing that their own sexual traits are different from those of people around them can easily cause children to feel inferior. This kind of mentality is likely to leave sequelae in their adulthood.

2. Impact on learning:

It should be said that the appearance of sexual characteristics and the development of reproductive organs will definitely distract children, especially girls. Early menstruation often makes them feel uneasy, shy and nervous. At the same time, girls' bodies develop too early and they are unable to deal with the impact of menstruation on their lives. In addition, the imbalance in physical and psychological development also brings many inconveniences to their lives, which is bound to affect children's reading and learning.

3. Height barrier

Children with precocious puberty often experience accelerated bone growth, making them appear taller than other children of the same age. In fact, this is only a temporary phenomenon. Due to the early stimulation of sex hormones, the closure of the epiphysis will be greatly advanced, and the growth period will be shortened accordingly. That is, the long bone shaft and epiphysis will close prematurely and stop growing. Generally speaking, girls can only grow about 5 cm on average within 3 years after their menarche and boys can only grow about 5 cm on average within 3 years after their first nocturnal emission. Therefore, children with precocious puberty will eventually be shorter than their peers.

4. Endocrine disorders:

We know that precocious puberty itself is an endocrine disease, but there are individual differences in the degree of endocrine disorders among children, that is, there are differences in severity and urgency. Children with mild symptoms mainly show an imbalance in sex hormone levels, while children with severe symptoms will develop systemic endocrine disorders. For example, hyperfunction of the adrenal cortex can cause systemic hirsutism in children. Conversely, children with hypofunction of the adrenal cortex will show reduced and dry hair, and even loss of pubic and axillary hair. Those with hyperthyroidism may have fine and soft hair or premature graying of hair. Children with the same hypothyroidism will have reduced hair during the growth phase and increased hair during the regression phase... These are just the external manifestations of endocrine disorders in the hair. There are many systemic symptoms that cannot be described in detail one by one.

First of all, the harm of precocious puberty to children is psychological, so parents must pay attention to enlightening their children in life and not let these children cause too much psychological harm, otherwise it is likely that their children will develop an inferiority complex. Then parents must pay attention to encouraging their children. Parents' company is of great help to the improvement of their children's condition, and it will also reduce the occurrence of complications.