Early puberty in women

Early puberty in women's disease overview

Early puberty in women, also mentioned with early puberty girls, is the age of the age puberty of girls coming sooner. Early puberty in girls was identified as puberty on the age of 8. However, this age is only relative and is still a controversial issue of many experts. Some experts believe that the above -mentioned age, others say that doing so will be difficult to determine which children need to be treated.

The trend of early puberty is increasing in children in general, in which early puberty in women is about ten times more folding. Early puberty is becoming a fear for many parents because early puberty children are often low when growing up with many other serious consequences. When children are older than friends, their psychology will be insecure and fear, so they will reduce their focus on learning. Many children develop early but their knowledge is incomplete, so the risk of sexual abuse is unavoidable.

Causes of Early puberty in women's disease

Early puberty phenomenon in girls is simply maturity ahead of time. Most cases of puberty are still normal. However, sometimes they are a manifestation of some potential diseases in the body, some pathologies that can cause this change is that the young body has abnormalities in the system of sex parts. Causing genital disorders, these disorders are divided into two main groups:

Central puberty : Due to increased GNRH concentration leads to excessive excretion of sex hormones. Most of the central puberty cases do not identify the cause. In some cases of early puberty, the central government may be due to the following reasons:

tumor in the brain or spinal cord (tumor of the central nervous system).

The congenital abnormalities of the brain, such as hydrocephalus or benign tumors (Hamartoma).

Brain or spinal cord is contaminated.

Brain or spinal cord lesions, usually mechanical clogging groups.

McCune-Albright syndrome (McCune-Albright Syndrome) here a rare genetic disease affects bones and skin tones and causes endocrine problems.

Hypothyroidism: In case of thyroid, it does not produce enough hormones.

congenital adrenal hyperplasia - a group of genetic disorders associated with abnormal hormone production of the adrenal gland.

Early peripheral puberty: is less common due to the increasing concentration of sex hormones. Many pathologies can lead to increased estrogen production including: tumors in the adrenal glands or in the pituitary gland that secretes estrogen, ovarian cysts, ovarian tumors ...

Other reasons:

Girls drink cow's milk and cow's milk, pork, and chicken with growth of growth hormone, these substances can cause early puberty. Currently, industrial livestock industry often abuses growth hormones to increase productivity. In those growth hormones, there are estrogen or precursors that can be converted into estrogen, acting as estrogen is called xenoestrogen. Xenoestrogen is considered as a amount of estrogen in the body, this estrogen will activate the hypothalamus and pituitary gland in the brain to secrete sex hormones, wake the ovaries to work and make early the specific phenomena of gender. Women start puberty in children.

Environmental: There have been evidence that girls puberty early due to phtalate derivatives. These derivatives are often found in dental utensils such as bottles, cans, bags, bags, packs, nipples, milk bottles, children's toys ... when using the above products, phtalate drifting drifting Out and follow the digestive tract into the body. Girls infected with phtalate will be disturbed and puberty early.

Symptoms of Early puberty in women's disease

Puberty includes rapid growth of bones, muscles that change the shape, body size and develop the fertility of the body.

So what is the early sign of puberty in girls? Many people often think that the sign of puberty in women is menstruation but the time Nguyet, but from the time the body grows pubic hair, chest, and clitoris. Therefore, many girls who have menstrual periods aged 12-13 but have shown signs of pubic hair, chest development in previous years. Particularly, there are girls about 8 years old or more puberty with signs of sexual development such as big breasts, menstruation.

Increase height, weight can easily be noticed in early puberty children. During the period of puberty, the bone constantly matures. In early puberty children, the stage of higher growth starts early and often ends earlier than usual. First, young children soared compared to their peers, but after a few years they stopped developing and cannot reach the maximum height of adults. Early diagnosis and intervention can help bring the child's growth rate back to the appropriate rhythm.

However, in these special cases, it is also necessary to distinguish real puberty with early breast development - a benign disorder in which the breasts develop simply without other signs of puberty.

People at risk for Early puberty in women's disease

Early puberty in girls can occur in any child, but researchers have found some factors that increase the risk of early puberty:

Obesity: Overweight and obesity children are at higher risk of puberty.

Exposure to products with sex hormones: Common are milk with outstanding growth hormones, some adult drugs, some creams, grease.

There are some hormonal diseases. Early puberty may be a complication of McCune-Albright syndrome or congenital adrenal hyperplasia. In a few cases, early puberty may also be related to hypothyroidism.

Cases of using radiation on the central nervous system: Common in the treatment of tumor radiation in the brain, leukemia and some other diseases also do Increase the risk of early puberty.

Prevention of Early puberty in women's disease

Early puberty is not always room. Implementing the following measures can reduce the risk of early puberty in girls:

Absolutely do not use drugs and functional products related to the reproductive health of adults for children.

Do not use milk, food with high hormones.

Balancing diet, avoiding overweight, obesity.

Examination and compliance with physician treatment in cases of endocrine diseases.

Restrict children in contact with electronic devices, especially emission machines or high magnetic machines.

Diagnostic measures for Early puberty in women's disease

To diagnose puberty early in girls based on the following factors:

Synthesis of baby and family history.

Clinical examination

Determine blood tests to measure hormones

Hand and wrist X-ray is also important to diagnose puberty early. These X -rays can help doctors determine the bone age of girls, which shows whether the bones grow too fast.

Diagnosis determines early puberty

The doctor will determine the early concentration of the central or peripheral. To distinguish, the doctor will conduct a test called the hormone release test GNRH (Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GNRH) Stimulation test)

If the early puberty is measured by the central hormone, the measurement hormone will increase compared to normal.

If puberty premature hormones will have normal value.

Additional tests

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain: MRI of the brain is usually done for children to puberty early in the center to detect brain abnormalities that cause the beginning of puberty then soon.

Thyroid test. The doctor can also check the baby's thyroid gland if the baby has any signs of reducing the thyroid function (hypothyroidism), such as fatigue, drowsiness, increased sensitivity to cold, constipation, decrease Activities in school or dry, pale skin.

ultrasound to check ovarian cysts or other abnormal tumors.

Early puberty in women's disease treatments

In early puberty treatment in girls The main goal is to help the child's height growth normally.

Early puberty treatment depends on the cause. However, in some cases, the cause of puberty is not determined. In this case, children may not need treatment depending on their age and how fast puberty is. The doctor may recommend monitoring for a few months to see how the baby is developing.

Central Early Puberty treatment

Medicine treatment : Most early puberty children have no potential pathological condition, which can be effectively treated with drugs. Drug treatment is also known as GNRH replacement, usually included in the monthly injection, such as Leuprolide Acetate (Lupron Depot) or Triptorelin (Tripstar, Triptodur Kit), which slows down development. . Some newly formulated drugs can be given to increase the time for longer. Children will be taken to normal puberty. On average, 16 months after the baby stopped taking the drug, the puberty process started again.

Histrelin implant (vantas) is a drug that lasts up to a year. This treatment is effective for early puberty at the central without causing pain and inconvenience when injecting the drug regularly, but it is done as a minor surgery. The implant is placed under the child's skin through a incision on the inside of the arm. After one year, the transplant is removed and if necessary, replaced with a new transplant.

Treatment of the cause causes early puberty for children: If the tumor causes puberty early, then remove that tumor.

Early puberty in girls is a disease that can be treated, can improve the height for children and limit the consequences of early puberty, so parents need to care and care for children , share with children to detect disease and treat promptly.

See also:

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Should puberty early in children?

Why should children puberty early need to be examined and treated?

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