What are the hazards of precocious puberty in children? The two most effective methods for treating precocious puberty in children

Premature puberty is a serious issue for children, and the harm it brings to children is also incalculable. Today, experts will come together to understand the dangers of precocious puberty in children, hoping to be helpful to everyone.

The hazards of precocious puberty in children

1. Premature closure of bones results in significantly lower height in adulthood compared to children of the same age.

2. The ovarian development has a certain regularity. The number of eggs in a woman's life is fixed, and the Fertility is only 30 to 40 years. The ovary starts to develop and ovulate so early, and the ovary may have premature aging later.

3. Although children with precocious puberty develop their sexual characteristics early, their psychological and intellectual development levels are still at the actual age level. Premature sexual characteristics and reproductive organ development can lead to psychological disorders in immature children, including inferiority and autism, which also bring many inconveniences to life, and in severe cases, even affect reading and learning.

4. Some precocious puberty is caused by the presence of tumors in the body, which can secrete substances similar to sex hormones. Sometimes, when the tumor is still young, the amount of sex hormones it secretes is already large enough to cause sexual development.

How to treat precocious puberty in children

1. Drug therapy for precocious puberty

Since the mid-1980s, a Gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogue (GnRHa for short) was artificially synthesized abroad, a major breakthrough has been made in the treatment of precocious puberty. The characteristic of this drug is that it can inhibit the "headquarters" of the gonad, that is, the pituitary gland reduces the secretion of Gonadotropin, so that the development of sexual characteristics can be controlled. Another major advantage of this medicine is that it can slow down premature fusion of the epiphyses, thereby improving the final height. At present, there are many varieties of GnRHa, including Dabijia, Inatong, and Dafirin in China. It only requires intramuscular injection once a month, which is very convenient and has few side effects, but the price is very expensive, costing around 30000 yuan per year, and there are not many people who can bear it.

Some children with precocious puberty have varying degrees of growth hormone deficiency, and some children who use GnRHa may have suppressed growth hormone secretion in their bodies. Children with precocious puberty whose height growth rate is less than 4 centimeters per year can try growth hormone. Generally, it takes 6 days to stop for 1 day, and medication is used before going to bed at night. Subcutaneous injection can be performed on the thigh, buttocks, or abdomen. Each injection site should be spaced about 1 centimeter apart from the previous one. As the method is easy to master, it can be injected by parents or children themselves.