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Delayed puberty associated with inflammatory bowel disease.

Anne B Ballinger1, Martin O Savage, Ian R Sanderson

  • 1Digestive Diseases Research Centre, Department of Adult and Paediatric Gastroenterology, Barts and the London Queen Mary School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK. a.b.ballinger@qmul.ac.uk

Pediatric Research
|January 23, 2003
PubMed
Summary

Inflammatory bowel disease can delay puberty, even with good nutrition. Inflammation itself, not just undernutrition, may impact puberty onset, and testosterone therapy might help accelerate it.

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Area of Science:

  • Pediatric Gastroenterology
  • Endocrinology
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease Research

Background:

  • Delayed puberty is a common complication in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), particularly Crohn's disease.
  • While undernutrition was considered the primary cause, delayed puberty can occur even in well-nourished patients.
  • Emerging evidence suggests inflammatory mediators may directly affect pubertal development independently of nutritional status.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the influence of inflammatory mediators on delayed puberty in pediatric IBD patients.
  • To explore the relationship between serum androgen levels, gonadotrophins, and pubertal delay in IBD.
  • To evaluate potential therapeutic strategies for accelerating puberty in affected individuals.

Main Methods:

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  • Review of clinical observations in pediatric IBD patients with delayed puberty.
  • Analysis of serum androgen and gonadotrophin concentrations in relation to pubertal status.
  • Consideration of findings from experimental colitis models in rats.

Main Results:

  • Serum androgen levels are consistently reduced in IBD patients with delayed puberty.
  • Reduced androgens are not always secondary to decreased gonadotrophins; levels can be normal or elevated.
  • Inflammatory mediators are implicated as a potential direct cause of pubertal delay.

Conclusions:

  • Inflammatory bowel disease-associated delayed puberty may be influenced by inflammatory mediators, not solely undernutrition.
  • Management requires addressing both nutritional deficits and underlying inflammation.
  • Testosterone therapy shows promise in accelerating pubertal progression in affected boys.