Is it normal for girls to have Adam's apple?
1, problem analysis
Adam's apple is the cartilaginous tissue in the throat of human body, which will be prominent in the adolescence. Generally speaking, the prominent features of Adam's apple in young men are more obvious than those in women. The prominent Adam's apple is the result of androgen, while the prominent Adam's apple in girls is caused by the increase of androgen content in the body.
2. Suggestions
Girls need to be clear about the specific situation after the prominent Adam's apple. If the Adam's apple is prominent and there are no other abnormalities in physical development, there is no need to worry, because this is not caused by endocrine disorders and will not affect future growth and development. However, if the Adam's apple is prominent and the secondary sexual characteristics of women are not obvious, it is necessary to consider the endocrine system problem and must seek medical attention in time.
3, warm tips
The prominent Adam's apple of adolescent girls may sometimes be misunderstood, because some girls will have physiological thyroid enlargement, rather than prominent Adam's apple, which will disappear in the subsequent diet conditioning. Another situation is that girls who are too embarrassed will highlight the Adam's apple, not the enlarged Adam's apple. Protrusion of Adam's apple is a manifestation of development, and it is especially necessary to pay attention to diet and rest in daily life.
What are the reasons why girls have Adam's apple? One is genetic factors:
The characteristics of parents' growth and development, such as height, weight, facial features, and of course the size of Adam's apple, will be passed on to the next generation. If the father's Adam's apple is particularly prominent, then the daughter's Adam's apple may be more prominent than the average person.
Second, endocrine disorders:
Mainly due to insufficient endocrine function. The dominant sex hormone in women is estrogen, and the content of androgen is very small. However, if endocrine disorders are caused by pathological changes in the body, such as pituitary adenoma and ovarian dysfunction, the content of androgen in the body will increase or increase relatively, so there will be masculine manifestations such as prominent Adam's apple, rough voice and hirsutism. At the same time, some characteristics that women should have are not obvious.
The third is emaciation:
Too thin women, the fat and muscle tissue in the front of the neck are underdeveloped, so the Adam's apple will appear to protrude forward.
What does it mean for women to have Adam's apple?
Cheng Zhifeng, director of endocrinology department of the Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, said that both men and women actually have Adam's apple. In human anatomy, the human Adam's apple is composed of 1 1 cartilage as a scaffold, of which the most important and largest piece is called thyroid cartilage. Laryngeal bone begins to develop when the fetus is 2 months old, and it does not grow until 5 ~ 6 years after birth. After that, the growth of thyroid cartilage basically stopped until puberty began to develop. So the thyroid cartilage of boys and girls before puberty is the same size.
The reason why Adam's apple is different between men and women in the later stage of development is because of androgen. Androgen stimulates thyroid cartilage growth, while estrogen causes thyroid cartilage to grow slowly. After men enter puberty, the secretion of androgen gradually increases, which will accelerate the growth of thyroid cartilage and gradually protrude forward. In women, the level of estrogen secreted by ovaries increases, and the growth rate of thyroid cartilage is relatively slow, so women's Adam's apple is generally not prominent.
Li Gelin, deputy director of the Department of Otolaryngology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, said that on the one hand, women seem to have Adam's apple, which may be due to endocrine disorders, excessive androgen secretion and insufficient estrogen content, which may lead to masculine features such as prominent Adam's apple and rough voice, such as tumors in women's ovaries, which may lead to insufficient estrogen secretion.
Another reason is that the body is too thin, the neck is less fat and muscle, and the Adam's apple is prominent. This situation mainly happens to slim women around the age of 20. In addition, simple genetic factors can also lead to prominent Adam's apple in women. For example, parents' Adam's apple is swollen, which may lead to prominent Adam's apple in women, so genetic factors are also a reason.
It's easy to find the cause of prominent Adam's apple in women. If it is because of endocrine problems, we can adjust endocrine by treating the primary disease, thus changing female characteristics. If it is because of too thin or genetic reasons, in addition to making yourself round, if it affects the appearance and leads to inferiority, you can have Adam's apple plastic surgery to restore the beauty of female Adam's apple. But this treatment must wait until after puberty (18 years old).