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Experts explains what precocious puberty is and the signs that parents should look out for. ... where we need to treat a child who has precocious puberty.” ... the early onset of puberty in boys ...
Though boys face fewer problems from early puberty than girls do, early puberty is not always positive for boys. Early sexual maturation in boys can be accompanied by increased aggressiveness due to the surge of pubertal hormones. [ 57 ]
Precocious puberty on the rise In the mid-19th century, girls had their first periods — which typically come about two years after they begin to show signs of breasts or pubic hair — at age 16 ...
For treatment of precocious puberty, the aromatase inhibitor such as letrozole is effective at prevent bleeding episodes and preventing short stature. [7] In boys, these should be combined with drugs such as spironolactone and flutamide to treat androgen excess. [23] Periodic ultrasounds of testicular lesions should be performed to screen for ...
[1] [2] [3] Puberty blockers are used to delay puberty in children with precocious puberty. Since the 1990s, they are also used to delay the development of unwanted secondary sex characteristics in transgender children, [4] so as to allow transgender youth more time to explore their gender identity [5] under what became known as the "Dutch ...
As puberty hits, boys are likely not thinking about children or how their current habits will affect their future fertility. Smoking, drug use, poor diet, obesity — these all can contribute to ...
An important aspect of management of nonclassic CAH is suppression of central precocious puberty if it has begun. The usual clues to central puberty in boys are that the testes are pubertal in size, or that androgens of adrenal origin remain elevated even when the 17OHP has been reduced toward normal. In girls central puberty is less often a ...
There has been a trend for years of children reaching puberty at earlier ages, and the reason why has largely mystified doctors. Now, new research is suggesting a possible culprit—and it shows ...