Precocious puberty: Pathology, related risks, and support strategies
Precocious puberty: Pathology, related risks, and support strategies作者机构：Southeastern Louisiana University Hammond USA
出 版 物：《Open Journal of Preventive Medicine》 (预防医学期刊（英文）)
年 卷 期：2013年第3卷第9期
页 面：504-509页
学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学]
主 题：Precocious Puberty Early Sexual Maturity Puberty Pubertal Development
摘 要：Children are currently starting pubertal development much earlier than 20 to 30 years ago. Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III) conducted from 1988-1994 revealed that the median age for breast development in white girls was approximately 9.7 years and 8 years in African-American girls versus 10.9 years ago. More recent data, however, indicate that some children are starting pubertal development even earlier (age 7 or 8 in girls or age 9 in boys). Very early pubertal development is identified as precocious puberty, a phenomenon that brings great concern to others besides parents: the child, their peers, school nurses, teachers and counselors. This paper discusses precocious pubertal development, possible causes or relationships, related risks, treatment and helping strategies.
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