Abstract
Precocious puberty, otherwise described as a group of medical conditions that cause early puberty onset, such as a pre-adolescent boy presenting with adult pattern of penile and testicular enlargement or a pre-adolescent girl presenting with mature breast development and onset of menses. Although the sexual and physical characteristics for this condition are well-described in medical literature, the causes are very rarely known. Nevertheless, it has substantial impacts on children’s lives. This is a review on sexual development, premature sexual development, the social complications children suffer from due to early onset puberty, and the associations with daily environmental exposures as possible influences for developing precocious puberty.
Highlights
Sexual development is beginning earlier and earlier
Recent studies have found many associations between premature sexual development and various environmental factors, such as hormones used for livestock production and endocrine disruptors found in common household items, such as toys and pesticides
Impacts of precocious puberty and nine years old in boys.[5,6]. What defines this diagnosis as benign are The physical consequences from precocious puberty are often wellnormal growth rate and the absence of breast, penile, and/or testicular known in the medical field, there are major behavioral, enlargement; reassurance and continued routine physician visits are psychological, and social complications that, just as importantly, affect advised. [5,6] Another common variant is premature thelarche- girls these children and must be taken into consideration when managing this appear with non-progressive breast enlargement over a four- to six-month condition
Summary
Abstract : Precocious puberty, otherwise described as a group of medical conditions that cause early puberty onset, such as a pre-adolescent boy presenting with adult pattern of penile and testicular enlargement or a pre-adolescent girl presenting with mature breast development and onset of menses. The sexual and physical characteristics for this condition are well-described in medical literature, the causes are very rarely known. It has substantial impacts on children’s lives. This is a review on sexual development, premature sexual development, the social complications children suffer from due to early onset puberty, and the associations with daily environmental exposures as possible influences for developing precocious puberty
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