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[why?] [41] Triptorelin depot is widely used to treat central precocious puberty (CPP) in children. [42] Puberty blockers work by stabilizing puberty symptoms, decreasing growth velocity, and slowing skeletal maturation. [43] The outcomes of treatment are assessed in terms of height, reproduction, metabolic, and psychosocial measures.
However, premature pubarche may also arise independently of adrenarche. Premature pubarche is a subset of precocious puberty which divide into 1) true precocious puberty that includes complete and central precocious puberty and 2) incomplete puberty which has 3 subsets: premature thelacrche, premature pubarche and isolated menarche. [13]
In most cases, the cause of precocious puberty cannot be identified. "Central precocious puberty" or "true precocious puberty" stems from early activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis. It occurs in 1 in 5,000 to 1 in 10,000 people and can be caused by a lesion in the central nervous system or have no apparent cause. "Peripheral ...
What is precocious puberty, and what are the first signs? Precocious means early or premature. When doctors talk about precocious puberty, they mean any signs of sexual maturity happening earlier ...
Among researchers who study puberty, the Tanner scale is commonly considered the "gold standard" for assessing pubertal status when it is conducted by a trained medical examiner. [5] In HIV treatment, the Tanner scale is used to determine which regimen to follow for pediatric or adolescent patients on antiretroviral therapy (adult, adolescent ...
[9] [10] [11] Puberty that starts earlier than usual is known as precocious puberty, and puberty which starts later than usual is known as delayed puberty. Notable among the morphologic changes in size, shape, composition, and functioning of the pubertal body, is the development of secondary sex characteristics, the "filling in" of the child's ...
Starting puberty significantly early — younger than age 8 in girls, 9 in boys — may have health effects lasting into adulthood, including higher risks of breast cancer, diabetes and heart disease.
Central precocious puberty is most commonly caused through idiopathic (unknown) reasons in girls, but there is an increased risk of these organic causes for central precocious puberty in boys. [51] Peripheral precocious puberty is independent of gonadotropin and thus does not activate the HPG axis. [51] Peripheral precocious puberty in females ...