The dangers of precocious puberty in children

Every child should have a happy and joyful childhood, but often due to living environment and the child's own physical constitution, various symptoms will always appear. In fact, what worries parents the most is precocious puberty in children. This often has a crucial impact on the child's life, and may even affect the child's height, as well as physical and mental health. They will suffer certain harm on the road to growth. For the healthy growth of children, parents must be aware of the seriousness of the problem. Let's learn about the dangers of precocious puberty in children.

The dangers of precocious puberty in children

1. It is very easy to cause psychological barriers to children. 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. Distract children and affect their 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.

3. It affects the height of children, causing them to be shorter than their 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.

4. It may 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 in 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 suffer from 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 on the hair. There are also many systemic symptoms and many dangers.

5. Lead to early sexual intercourse. The psychological development of children with precocious puberty is extremely mismatched with their physical development. In addition, the patients are young in physical age, have little social experience, and have poor self-control, which can easily lead to their sexual behavior in advance, thus causing the risk of pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.

How to prevent precocious puberty

Experts say that parents should pay more attention to whether their children's secondary sexual characteristics appear too early. For example, when a child suddenly grows taller, some parents become complacent about it. In fact, a sudden acceleration in a child's height growth before the age of 10 is often a sign of precocious puberty.

To prevent children from precocious puberty, you should pay attention to:

Control your diet appropriately. Avoid overnutrition, especially avoid fatty foods, eat less sweets, but ensure protein intake, and eat more vegetables and fruits. It is important to note that children should avoid eating nutritional and health products that may contain sex hormones, and should not use skin care products containing sex hormones.

Increase physical activity. In particular, you should strengthen the exercise of your lower limbs, and ensure more than 30 minutes of exercise time every day. Sports such as running, climbing stairs and skipping rope can be selected.

Get enough sleep. You should have eight or nine hours of high-quality sleep every night to ensure that the pituitary gland can secrete sufficient growth hormone at night, because growth hormone plays an important role in promoting rapid growth in height.

Create a good environment. For example, do not let children have too much exposure to visual stimulation that is inappropriate for their age, so that their nature can be brought into play and they can gradually return to their "true colors".

Don't leave the lights on when you sleep. When their children sleep at night, many parents leave the lights on for fear that they will be scared. For the health of the children, it is best to turn off the night lights. We should pay attention to these small details in life.

We all know that parents are the ones who have the most contact with children every day. Parents must carefully observe their children's physical changes. Once symptoms of precocious puberty appear, they must consult a doctor and seek treatment in time. The above is an introduction to the dangers of precocious puberty in children. After understanding it, we hope that many parents can realize the importance of their children's health. At the same time, children will always encounter many problems on their growth path, so parents must observe their children more.