What to do if your child has precocious puberty

Precocious puberty is the most common disease nowadays. There are many factors causing the disease. It is not only related to diet, but also has a great relationship with environmental pollution, social and family influences. Generally, children will have a series of symptoms after suffering from precocious puberty. After discovering abnormal phenomena in children, we must go to the hospital for medical treatment in time. Now let's understand what to do if precocious puberty occurs and hope everyone will pay attention to it.

1. Don't panic. Parents don't need to panic if they discover their children are experiencing precocious puberty. Generally speaking, precocious puberty in children is mostly pseudo-precocious puberty. As long as timely treatment is provided when it is discovered that the child may have this disease, it can be cured.

2. Seek medical attention promptly. We remind everyone to seek medical treatment in a timely manner, mainly because you should not miss the best time for treatment. If treatment is started too late, the child's bones have already closed and the improvement in height will be very limited. There is little point in treating girls over 13 and boys over 15.

3. Which subject to take. The treatment of precocious puberty in children generally falls under the jurisdiction of the endocrinology department. In areas where there are no clinics for precocious puberty in children, patients can go to the endocrinology department of the hospital for consultation and treatment.

4. Receive treatment seriously. Once diagnosed with precocious puberty, you must follow the doctor's instructions and implement the treatment plan carefully. Children who are undergoing drug treatment for precocious puberty can take progestin drugs such as progesterone, norethindrone, chlormadinone, etc. under the guidance of a doctor, or they can be injected with medroxyprogesterone. The purpose of taking the medication is to inhibit the secretion of gonadotropin by the hypothalamus-pituitary gland to stop the development of secondary sexual characteristics and menstruation, and to prevent short stature caused by premature closure of bones. A small number of children who suffer from precocious puberty due to adrenal or thyroid diseases can also receive corresponding hormone treatment. If precocious puberty is caused by a tumor, surgical removal should be performed as soon as possible once the diagnosis is confirmed.

Through the above introduction, we parents should know what to do after our children show signs of precocious puberty. Such diseases are mainly prevented in normal times. We should not only pay attention to the children’s daily diet, but also pay attention to the children’s words and deeds, especially the children’s living and social environment. At the same time, we should also pay attention to the various changes in the children’s daily lives.