children s health issues
Delayed Puberty
Causes of Delayed Puberty
In the majority of cases, delayed puberty represents a normal variation, which may run in the family (also called Constitutional Delay of Puberty ). These adolescents have a normal growth rate and are otherwise healthy. Although the growth spurt and puberty are delayed, they eventually proceed normally. Various disorders, such as poorly controlled Diabetes Mellitus (DM) in Children and Adolescents , In boys, testicular disorders such as injury, for example, resulting from prior twisting of a testis ( Testicular Torsion ), or infection (such as Chromosomal abnormalities, such as Turner Syndrome in girls and 