Should we be worried about early puberty?

Hi!
This is my fifth blog and in this opportunity I will write a summary about a medicine article of the interesting magazine called The Guardian.
The article is: Should we be worried about early puberty? and the link of it is http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/oct/19/worried-about-early-puberty
I choose this article because I considered that this topic is very important in the teenage and also because the changes that suffer the adolescents are very hard mainly the psychological changes.
The article talks about the arrive early puberty and the changes that occur at biological level, psychological and social. The average age for the onset of puberty is 10.25 years in girls, and 11.5 years in boys. The interesting of this article is that in girls, the puberty came about nine months earlier. When arrive the puberty in the teenage, many parents go to the specialists to ask about changes in the puberty, like the menarche in girls or the increase in testicular size.
As Hindmarsh explains, "The age of sexual maturation is highly adaptable. The drive to continue the species is so strong that we have evolved a system that is extremely sensitive to change. If there's even a hint of change, or circumstances that might threaten the drive to procreate, then the hormone system is designed to adapt to that to create the circumstances most likely to result in offspring." In other words he says that the age of puberty is adaptable to the circumstances that the person lives.
In this article appears detailed the most common causes of the earlier puberty some of this causes are a link between exposure to artificial light and TV screens and early puberty, and another connected early puberty to weak maternal bonding.
I think that is very interesting, because in the future as midwives we will work with many young people and we have to know some aspects that are specific of puberty.

stress

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This is my fourth blog and I will talk about stress. The stress is a physiology phenomenon that occurs when the demands of life are perceived too difficult. Stress is the body's response to external conditions that disrupt the emotional balance of the individual. In this reaction, involving almost all organs and body functions, including brain, nerves, heart, blood flow, hormone levels, digestion and muscle function. Stress is a normal reaction of the lives of people of all ages. It is produced by the body's instinct to protect the physical or emotional or in extreme danger situations. " The physiological result of this process is a desire to flee from the situation that causes or violent confrontations.
Stress is caused by the body's instinct to protect himself "this instinct is good in emergencies, but if this continues for long periods may cause physical symptoms that can damage our body. Any event that generates an emotional response can cause stress. This includes both positive situations (birth of a child, marriage) and negative (job loss, death of a relative). Stress also arises from minor irritations, such as waiting too long in a queue or in traffic. Situations that cause stress in a person may be insignificant to another.

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS

Stress affects all organs and body functions. The most common symptoms are

Depression or anxiety
Headaches
Insomnia
Indigestion
Rashes
Sexual dysfunction
Rapid heartbeat
Nervousness

How to deal with stress?
- Avoid stressful situation
- Avoid extremes
- Set realistic goals
- Manage how stress affects you
- Change how you see the situation
- Sleep
- Exercise
- Take control of the situation