In recent years, more and more children are coming to Shenzhen for consultation, from within the city, outside Guanzhou, around the Pearl River Delta, and even from all over the country (Hunan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Fujian), or by phone.
Usually people think that only “adults” have endocrine diseases when they mention endocrine diseases, but in fact, the endocrine system of human body is closely related to human body from pregnancy (fetal growth) to pediatric growth (postnatal growth) to youth development and maturity, in a word: the endocrine system runs through the whole life of human body!
I. What are the important roles and effects of the endocrine system on children?
The human endocrine system plays an important role in promoting the growth, development, sexual maturity and reproductive function of children. Some pediatric endocrine diseases caused by genetic factors seriously affect human growth and sexual development abnormalities during the fetal period and after birth, which can lead to serious consequences such as lifelong dwarfism and abnormal fertility if not treated in time!
B. What are the diseases and symptoms of pediatric endocrine disorders?
1. Dwarfism (due to various causes) ① Growth hormone deficiency (commonly known as “dwarfism”); ② Familial hereditary dwarfism; ③ Dwarfism due to delayed gonadal development or no gonadal development (congenital ovarian insufficiency) during puberty; ④ Dwarfism due to prematurity and full-term small children at birth; ⑤ Various genetic-metabolic skeletal deformities (5) Dwarfism caused by various genetic and metabolic skeletal deformities (skeletal deformity dwarf, congenital chondrodysplasia, congenital metaphyseal dysplasia, congenital osteogenesis imperfecta, glycogen accumulation disease, etc.)
Precocious puberty (precocious puberty in girls and boys, early breast development in girls and boys); 3. Thyroid disorders ① hyperthyroidism (protruding eyes); ② congenital (present at birth) hypothyroidism; ③ acquired hypothyroidism and thyroiditis due to various causes; ④ goiter (commonly known as “thick neck disease”); 4. Type 2 (obese) diabetes in children and adolescents; 5. Obesity in children and adolescents 6. gonadal dysplasia (due to various causes) ① small penis; ② cryptorchidism (no testicles in the scrotum at birth); ③ no gonadal development at puberty in boys and girls; 7. (2) the whole body and scrotum are significantly darker; 8. parathyroid gland disease (unexplained hypocalcemia and hypercalcemia)
9. Urogenital disorders (drinking more water and urinating more), enuresis (commonly known as “bedwetting”).
Pediatric endocrinology experts remind: if your child has the above symptoms or diseases, do not delay your child, we recommend that you go to the children’s hospital (endocrinology specialist) for consultation!