How to judge precocious puberty?

summary

Precocious puberty is a serious obstacle to the healthy development of children. In the face of abnormal phenomena in children's body, we should first make clear whether they are really ill. Many parents once found that the child has breast bulge, menarche and boy testicular enlargement and other parts of sexual development, they think it is precocious puberty, and then indiscriminately use drugs, which is extremely wrong. How to judge precocious puberty? Let's talk about it

How to judge precocious puberty?

Girl: mainly to observe whether the child has breast development, breast swelling or (and) breast tenderness, underwear secretion, some children can first appear pubic hair. Boy: observe whether there is pubic hair and whether the penis grows and thickens.

B ultrasound: check the size of mammary gland, uterus, ovary and follicle (or the size of boy's testis), judge the sexual development, and check the adrenal function or B ultrasound. Pituitary magnetic resonance imaging (MRI): because the pituitary gland is the central endocrine system, especially in patients with suspected central precocious puberty, it needs to be examined

Some children with precocious puberty also need to check alpha fetoprotein (AFP) and chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) to exclude germ cell tumor, and also need to check the blood thyroxine level (hypothyroidism can cause precocious puberty).

matters needing attention

Once precocious puberty is diagnosed, the earlier the treatment, the better. Once the child is over 13 years old, the height will not be significantly improved after timely treatment. Parents must let their children understand the factors of ripening, such as romance novels, TV dramas, off-season vegetables, genetically modified food. Urge children to exercise more to ensure adequate sleep.