Precocious puberty in boys

With the improvement of living conditions, people's lives are changing a lot, but the phenomenon of precocious puberty in children is also increasing, especially among boys. This makes many parents not know what to do. Some parents even find it difficult to talk about it and let their children develop without paying attention to it. However, this is a problem that parents need to pay attention to. Parents should pay attention to their children's psychological and physical changes in daily life so that their children can grow up more healthily.

There are many parents who will supplement their children with a large amount of various nutrients, especially vitamins. Some parents will point out that it is because taking a large amount of vitamins that causes their children to have precocious puberty. In fact, this is not the case. Vitamins are not hormone products and will not cause children to have precocious puberty, so there is no need to worry. However, it should be noted that you cannot give your children a large amount of vitamins just because of these characteristics. Excessive use is also harmful to the health of children. It should be taken under the correct guidance of a doctor.

When a man shows signs of sexual maturity before reaching the age of sexual maturity, it is called precocious puberty. The signs of male sexual maturity are the development of male genitals into adult form and the appearance of secondary male characteristics, such as enlargement of the testicles and scrotum, growth and thickening of the penis, the appearance of pubic hair, beard, and armpit hair, a coarser and deeper voice, larger Adam's apple, taller stature, and even penile erection and ejaculation. If a boy shows the above characteristics before the age of 10, he can be diagnosed with precocious puberty.

The causes of precocious puberty include: A. Cerebral type true precocious puberty: such as skull base fracture, severe birth trauma, small hypothalamic tumors, recovery from tuberculous meningitis, sequelae of measles encephalitis, etc. B. Constitutional precocious puberty: Most children with this disease have a family history. It is caused by premature activity of the hypothalamus-pituitary-gonad axis, also known as unexplained precocious puberty. C. Pseudo-precocious puberty: such as adrenal cortical enlargement, adrenal cortical tumors, functional gonadal tumors, choriocarcinoma and embryonic tissue tumors. Because the lesions and tumors themselves can secrete gonadal hormones or gonadotropins, the sexual organs develop and precocious puberty occurs. For example, if a child accidentally takes his mother's contraceptive pills, exogenous precocious puberty can also occur. Once a boy is found to have precocious puberty, he should go to the hospital for emergency examination, because boys with precocious puberty are much more likely to develop tumors than girls, so it should not be taken lightly.

If a child shows signs of precocious puberty, it is recommended that parents seek medical attention in a timely manner, face the phenomenon of their child's precocious puberty through a doctor's diagnosis, and do not blame the child too much, as this will cause psychological pressure on the child. Parents should be good at communication and guidance to allow the child to grow up healthily.