What are the dangers of precocious puberty in children?

The incidence of precocious puberty in children in our country is gradually increasing. In the past, the incidence rate was about 1%, but now it has become 3%. Especially in relatively developed cities like Shanghai, the incidence rate of precocious puberty is even higher. This is mainly due to the improvement of living standards, which has led to a disease caused by overnutrition in children.

Precocious puberty in children has become a common disease of the pediatric endocrine system. The harm is mainly affecting the child's normal physical development. A normal child grows 5 cm per year, while a child with precocious puberty, such as a 7-year-old child, can grow 10 cm per year. However, when he is 14 years old, he stops growing and his final height is lower than his peers. This is because the bone age of children with precocious puberty is older than their actual age. Although they are only 14 years old, their bone age has reached 18 years old, and their epiphysis has closed, so they can no longer grow, which causes psychological pressure on the children.

In addition, due to precocious puberty, the body has developed to adulthood, but the way of thinking, psychological state, social experience, and life ability are still that of a child. For example, an 8-year-old child has menstruation, but he does not know how to deal with it, let alone protect himself, which brings a lot of trouble to the child's normal life in the future. Due to sexual maturity, there are more opportunities for premature love. Therefore, for the physical and mental health of children, every parent should pay attention to preventing the occurrence of precocious puberty, pay attention to the child's balanced nutrition, regular life, no tonic, pay attention to tender chickens, and artificially farmed shrimps are mostly quickly ripened and may contain hormones. They should not be given to children. If the child has low immunity, he should go to the hospital to take regular immunity-enhancing drugs.

1. Children with idiopathic precocious puberty are affected by sex hormones in their bodies, which causes their physical growth to accelerate prematurely, epiphyseal fusion to come early, growth period to be shortened, and growth to stop early, resulting in their final adult height being lower than that of children of the same age who are developing according to normal puberty.

2. Although children with precocious puberty develop their sexual characteristics earlier, their psychological and intellectual development levels are still at the actual age level. The premature appearance of sexual characteristics and development of reproductive organs can cause psychological disorders in immature children and bring many inconveniences to their lives. In severe cases, it can even affect their study.

3. Some cases of precocious puberty are caused by tumors in the body. These tumors can secrete substances similar to sex hormones. Sometimes when the tumor is still small, the amount of sex hormones it secretes is already large enough to cause sexual development. Therefore, children with precocious puberty must see a doctor in time and receive diagnosis and treatment as soon as possible.

Through the above, we have learned about the dangers of precocious puberty in children. In fact, precocious puberty in children will cause great harm to their bodies. Not only that, it will also cause some psychological pressure. They will no longer have such an innocent childhood and will become more depressed than children of the same age.