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       Causes of Precocious Puberty
   DIR By: haj
       Date: November 27, 2017, 5:31 pm
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       Causes of Precocious Puberty
       The onset of puberty is normally triggered by the hypothalamus
       (the area of the brain that helps control pituitary gland
       function). It signals the pituitary gland to release hormones
       that stimulate the ovaries (in girls) or testicles (in boys) to
       make sex hormones. Sometimes, precocious puberty stems from a
       structural problem in the brain (such as a tumour), brain injury
       due to head trauma, an infection (such as meningitis), or a
       problem in the ovaries or thyroid gland that triggers the onset
       of puberty ahead of schedule but this usually isn't the case.
       For the majority of girls, there's no medical problem at fault.
       They simply start puberty too early for unknown reason. In boys,
       the condition is less common and more likely to be related to
       another medical problem. And for about 5% of boys, precocious
       puberty is inherited. (Less than 1% of girls with precocious
       puberty have inherited the condition.) Early puberty can be
       passed to a son by his father or to the son from his maternal
       grandfather through his mother (who will not be affected by the
       disorder).
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