three year old boy from India had to undergo brain surgery to get rid of the signs of precocious puberty.The fact that at the age of one and a half years of a child's genitals started to grow and change behavior.
According to the website The India Times, the parents Rajesh (name changed) observed pathological changes in the body of his son, when the child was six years old.The boy began to grow hair is incredibly fast, the voice became rougher, there were spots on the face and genitals are increased in size.Behavior Raj
polutoragodovalaya Indian was taken to the Institute Dzhavaharlalsky post-graduate education and research (Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research), located in Pondicherry, where doctors discovered that his body produces excessive amounts of hormones.
Further investigation showed that the hypothalamus is the center of the regulation of endocrine functions, developed benign tumors (hamartoma).This tumor was the cause of the brain damage and, as a consequence, "run" precocious puberty.
Over the next two years, doctors have tried to block the release of hormones by means of special injection, but the child's condition did not improve.In addition, the boy's parents could no longer pay for expensive treatment, which was to last for 10 years.
Then doctors offered her father and mother Rajesh alternative - brain surgery.During a three-hour surgery, the surgeons decided to issue three-year patient, removing benign.
"Precocious puberty can be prevented by medical treatment or surgery, but only if the pathology was diagnosed at an early age - up to eight years.Three-year patient well underwent surgery to remove the abnormal tissue.We were able to save him from the tumor without damaging vital structures.Now the production of hormones in his body is correct, and the boy is no longer in need of additional treatment, "- he told reporters neurosurgeon Rupesh Kumar (Roopesh Kumar) of Dzhavaharlalskogo Institute.
Anna Romantseva
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