What is premature puberty? What are its reasons? How to diagnose and treatment of premature puberty? Answers to these questions you will find in the article.
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What is premature puberty
Premature puberty - puberty, which begins until reached 8 years in the girl and 10 years old.
With true premature sex ripening, semi-ripen True premature puberty in girls is 2-5 times more often than that of boys.
glands (ovaries or testicles), and outwardly the child looks older than his years.
Lobby hair grows, the baby's body shape changes. With false
Premature sex maturation changes only appearance, at that
Time as sex glands remain immature.
Causes of premature puberty
True premature puberty is due to early start
release hormones gonadotropy-new from the pituitary They influence on
Sender organs. Early start to release data hormones can be
caused by a disease of the pituitary gland, for example a tumor producing
Hormones, or hypothalamus - brain areas that manages
hypophysome.
Approximately 60% of boys with premature sex False premature sex ripening in combination with pathology
Mature is detected by this or that violation of growth. Against,
Approximately 80% of girls over 6 years old with early sex ripening
no abnormalities are found, but most girls under 4 years old with
True premature sex ripening diagnose disease
brain.
With false premature sex maturation, high
Content of men's sex hormones (androgens) or female genital
hormones (estrogen); The reason can also be an adrenal tumor
or eggs (ovary). These hormones do not cause the ripening of the genital glands,
But with their excess, the child looks «As an adult».
bones, irregular skin pigmentation (coffee spots with milk) and
Hormonal disorders are accompanied by syndrome
McKun-Ol-Bright.
Symptoms and diagnostics of premature puberty
Both with true and with false premature sexual maturation
Boy appear hair on face, under the mouse and on the pubis. Sexual
Member is lengthened, an externally child begins to resemble an adult man.
Girls may begin menstruation in the case of true
Premature puberty or the development of mammary glands,
appear pubic and axillary hair. And boys and girls
Changes the smell of the body, eels can appear. Growth increases
quickly, but stops at an early age, so the final
Growth is less than the norm. With true premature sex
ripening (rarely with false) testicles or ovaries increase and
achieve the size characteristic of an adult.
Diagnostic studies include the definition of hormone content in
blood and radiographic studies of the brushes and wrists that
Allows you to estimate the bone age. To identify possible tumors
adrenal glands, hypothalamus and pituitary, conduct ultrasound
Study (ultrasound) pelvis and adrenal glands, computed tomography (CT)
or magnetic resonance tomography (MRI) brain.
Treatment of premature puberty If true or false premature puberty is caused
With true premature sex maturation recommended
Hysterlin preparation (synthetic analog
gonadotropin-rilizing factor) that stops production
Gonadotropins in the hypophysies. If premature puberty is not
associated with the early beginning of the production of gonadotropins (false
Premature puberty), the doctor may try
neutralize the action of sex hormones using various
drugs. Antifungal means ketoconazole reduces content
Testosterone circulating in blood in boys with dough-toxicosis.
The drug, called testolactone, reduces the content of estrogen
Teenagers with McKun-Albright syndrome.
tumor, after removing the condition of the teenager normalizes.
