The dangers of precocious puberty in children

Children's height development is related to heredity and exercise, so many children will be shorter than other children if they do not pay attention to exercise. Parents will pay special attention to their children's usual eating habits and always provide them with a variety of nutritious foods. However, the reasons for children's short stature are not only these objective factors, but may also be caused by precocious puberty, which is a pathological reason that must be alleviated by drug treatment.

Distract the child and affect his study

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.

Affects the height of the child, causing him to be shorter than his peers

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.

It can cause systemic endocrine disorders in children.

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.

There are many dangers of precocious puberty in children. In fact, affecting the child's height is only one of them. A more serious danger is that it will cause endocrine disorders in the child. Because this disease itself is an endocrine disease, it will definitely cause endocrine problems in the child. You may even feel that your child's hair is gradually falling off or even drying up.