Precocious puberty in children generally refers to early sexual maturity. Girls may show symptoms such as breast development and boys may show symptoms such as enlarged testicles.
1. Girls: Precocious puberty in girls generally refers to the appearance of secondary sexual characteristics earlier than 8 years old, which may be manifested by the enlargement of breasts and areolas, the appearance of pubic hair and its gradual increase, the rise in pitch, menstruation and so on.
2. Boys: Precocious puberty in boys usually refers to the appearance of secondary sexual characteristics at an earlier age than 9 years old, which is mainly manifested by the gradual increase in the size of testicles, scrotum and penis, the appearance of pubic hair and the gradual deepening of the color, the deepening of the skin of the scrotum, the development of the glans, and so on.
Precocious puberty may be related to hypothyroidism, the use of hormone drugs, kidney disease and other factors, the symptoms of precocious puberty should be timely to the hospital, under the guidance of the doctor for related treatment.