Hebiatrics or adolescent medicine is a medical subspecialty that focuses on the care of patients who are in the period of adolescent development, generally ranging from the last years of elementary school to high school graduation (some physicians in this subspecialty they treat young adults attending university in the clinical area, in the subfield of university health). Patients have generally entered puberty, which typically begins between 11 and 13 years of age for boys.
Problems with a high prevalence during adolescence are frequently treated by specialist doctors. One of the most frequent diseases are:
- Sexually transmitted diseases (I work with specialists in pediatric endocrinology, adolescent obstetrics and gynecology, infectious diseases of immunology and urology, and reproductive medicine).
- Unwanted pregnancy (works with specialists in adolescent obstetrics and gynecology, especially in neonatology and maternal-fetal medicine; many, but not all, are cases of medical risk or with psychosocial, environmental and socioeconomic challenges).
- Birth control: there is currently a push in the formulation of health policies of the federal government of the United States to ensure access to each and every one of the contraceptive methods with or without a prescription for adolescent minors. apply, especially if they are over a certain age.
- Sexual activity such as masturbation, intercourse, and sexual abuse.
- Drugs abuse.
- Menstrual disorders such as amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, and dysfunctional uterine bleeding).
- Acne: working with dermatology specialists who treat adolescents.
- It eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa: working with nutritionists and dieticians, and specialists in pediatric counseling for mental health, psychology and clinical psychiatry, pediatric, working with adolescents.
- Certain mental illnesses, especially personality disorders, anxiety disorders, major depression and suicide, bipolar disorder, and certain types of schizophrenia, in concert with mental health counselors, clinical psychologists, and pediatric psychiatrists specializing in adolescent health care.
- Late or precocious puberty often working with specialists in adolescent pediatric endocrinology, urology, and andrology.
