The dangers of precocious puberty in children should not be ignored

  What are the causes of precocious puberty in children?  The causes of precocious puberty are many and complex. Diseases that cause precocious puberty include tumors, brain abscess, encephalitis, hydrocephalus, traumatic brain injury, intracranial surgery, intracranial radiotherapy and chemotherapy, etc. Adrenal gland diseases such as adrenal tumors and congenital adrenocortical hyperplasia; testicular mesenchymal cell tumors and familial testicular toxicosis, ovarian tumors and ovarian cysts, etc. In addition, liver tumors, hypothyroidism and some drugs such as some antineoplastic drugs, isoniazid, ketoconazole and sex hormones can also cause precocious puberty.  In addition to the above, environmental factors also have an impact on precocious puberty. Due to the improvement of people’s material living standard, protein intake increases, and even over-nutrition and obese children appear. And excess nutrition helps sexual development, and some studies have confirmed that moderately obese children are prone to precocious puberty. Secondly, in some foods, health products and fruits, they may contain sex hormones or hormone-like substances, i.e. environmental hormones, and children are prone to precocious puberty when they often use these hormone-containing foods. Once again, the realistic environment gives children more opportunities to witness scenes, images and books about lovemaking, which also has a facilitating effect on sexual development. There are also a small number of children who have precocious puberty due to misuse of birth control pills. This is because parents fail to keep the pill safe and young children mistakenly eat the pill as candy, which is composed of sex hormones, leading to precocious puberty.  What are the dangers of precocious puberty?  Among children with precocious puberty, about 10.8% have organic lesions, some of which are caused by tumors; some are also caused by adrenal gland diseases. If it is clear that the cause is a tumor, the tumor should be removed immediately or radiotherapy or chemotherapy should be administered. For other causes of precocious puberty, special medications should be used to treat them.  Secondly, many children with precocious puberty are short in height as adults. This is because after precocious puberty, sex hormones can both promote bone growth and accelerate growth; and also promote epiphyseal closure, so that the growth is terminated early. Therefore, the growth cycle of children with precocious puberty will be significantly shortened, eventually making their adult height shorter than the average person.  Third, early sexual behavior. The psychological development of precocious children is extremely mismatched with their physical development, coupled with their young physical age, shallow social experience and poor self-control, the risk of early love, early pregnancy and early marriage increases; the risk of being sexually abused also increases.  Fourth, personality repression. Children with precocious puberty may carry a heavy burden of thought prematurely because they are different from their peers in body shape and appearance, resulting in low self-esteem, fear and anxiety, increased psychological burden, decreased interest in learning and academic performance, and cognitive ability lagging behind students in the same grade. It has a long-lasting negative impact on the mental health in the future.  Therefore, once a child is found to have signs of precocious puberty, parents should take the child to the hospital as soon as possible, and should choose a hospital with an endocrine specialist, because first of all, a physical examination by an experienced specialist and a series of special laboratory tests should be conducted to clarify what kind of precocious puberty the child is suffering from, in order to choose the correct treatment plan for the cause.  The most important thing is to have a balanced diet: a reasonable mix of meat and vegetarian dishes, and a balanced intake of coarse and fine grains, especially for children who are overweight and over-nourished. However, after the child’s precocious puberty is detected, the child’s diet should not be excessively restricted. As children are growing and developing, basic nutrients should be ensured.  The following are some suggestions about diet: 1. It is recommended to drink 1 cup of milk and eat 1 egg every day, while other meat and vegetables need to be appropriately limited.  2, it is recommended that the annual weight gain is controlled at about 2-3 kg per year!  3, it is recommended to eat natural food; do not eat anti-seasonal food.  4.Do not drink or drink less; try to eat less honey, eels, turtle and ripe chicken, etc.  5, drink 2 glasses of plain water every day.  Adequate sleep: As growth hormone secretion is mainly secreted during deep sleep at night, especially between 11pm and midnight, it is secreted more. Children generally enter deep sleep 1-2 hours after they fall asleep; it is recommended that children should go to bed from 8:30 to 9:00 pm.  Reasonable exercise: appropriate aerobic exercise exercise is conducive to growth.  Exercise is best: 1, moderate intensity; 2, each time it is best to more than 30 minutes, preferably longitudinal movement, jogging, slow jump rope, etc. is good. Playing basketball, badminton, swimming, etc. can also be.  It is recommended to watch TV, computer, and play mobile games less than 30 minutes a day.