8 year old girl getting her Period? The incidence rate of central precocious puberty in girls is 5-10 times that of boys!

Doctor, MY DAUGHTER JUST 8 YEARS OLD, CAME MENSTRUATION YESTERDAY, HURRIEDLY HELP ME SEE IS HOW TO RETURN A RESPONSIBILITY?"

Recently, Ms. He, a citizen of Guangzhou, took her 8-year-old daughter to the Third Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical University (hereinafter referred to as "the Third Hospital of Southern Medical University") pediatric growth and development clinic. The receiving doctor Li Caiping calmed Ms. He's anxiety first, and asked for detailed history and physical examination after she calmed down.

After diagnosis, the child for central precocious puberty, after the treatment of 2 acupuncture inhibition of natong, the child's menstruation disappeared, the parents' nervous and afraid mood relieved.

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The incidence of central precocious puberty in girls is 5-10 times that in boys

Originally, 1 year ago Ms. He found her daughter's breast development, did not pay attention to did not go to the hospital to see a doctor, until this menstruation, just look for a doctor for help.

The doctor completed relevant examinations for the child, and the results showed that luteinizing hormone (LH) was 5.37 IU/L and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) was 7.82 IU/L. Color ultrasound of the uterus showed that the uterus and ovaries were enlarged, and multiple follicles larger than 4mm in diameter were visible. The bone age is 10 years old. The doctor made a definite diagnosis of central precocious puberty, and pituitary enhanced magnetic resonance (MRI) was needed to exclude the lesions of the central nervous system. Pituitary MRI suggested pituitary microadenoma (4mm*3mm).

Considering that the child had no neurological symptoms at present, he continued to observe and recheck the pituitary magnetic resonance imaging regularly. After 2 injections of atonatone treatment, the child's menstruation disappeared, and the parents' nervous and afraid mood was relieved.

Lu Junfeng, director of pediatrics in the South Hospital, said that girls before 8 years old, boys before 9 years old secondary sexual characteristics development, or girls before 10 years old menstruation, called precocious puberty. The incidence of central precocious puberty is 1/5000-1/10000, and the incidence of girls is about 5-10 times that of boys.

Parents must pay attention to their children's physical signs

According to reports, central precocious puberty is very harmful to children, including:

1) He is not tall. Children with precocious puberty will be 10-20cm shorter than they should be. Many end up less than 1.5 metres tall. This is because precocious puberty leads to accelerated bone maturation. Children with precocious puberty seem to be able to increase rapidly, but actually their bone age is advanced and their growth potential is greatly compressed.

2) Easy to have psychological problems. Precocious children, will appear early menarche, early spermatozoa or obesity. They suffer from low self-esteem when they realize that their physical development is different from that of their peers. If they are discriminated against and rejected by their peers, they are more likely to induce depression, anxiety, loneliness and autism.

3) Early sexual activity. Children with precocious puberty are physically mature, but psychologically naive. It is easy to lead to puppy love and premature sexual behavior because of poor self-control and less social experience, and then lead to the risk of early pregnancy and abortion. At the same time, the risk of sexual abuse of children with precocious puberty will also increase linearly.

4) Cause diseases in adulthood. Some precocious puberty in children is caused by specific diseases, such as ovarian tumors, testicular tumors, intracranial tumors, etc., that is to say, pathological precocious puberty is likely to be accompanied by tumor risk. If not diagnosed and treated in time, it may lead to more serious consequences.

Lu Junfeng suggested that parents must pay attention to the child's physical signs, do early detection, early diagnosis and treatment, in order to effectively help the child control the speed of sexual development, get the ideal height, alleviate the child's psychological problems.

In order to avoid the occurrence of precocious puberty, parents are advised to avoid the influence of some adverse factors on their children in daily life. For example, eat a healthy diet, avoid using tonic Chinese medicine in soups, avoid using honey, royal jelly, protein powder, colostrum, bird's nest, ginseng, papaya and other tonics, and avoid snacks, fried food and drinks. Exercise appropriately and reduce the use of electronic products. Avoid obesity and environmental estrogens, such as birth control pills.