Onset-in-adolescence: Causes & Reasons

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Possible Causes for onset in adolescence

Overeating

Power Words (for more about Power Words, click here ) adolescence A transitional stage of physical and psychological development that begins at the onset of puberty, typically [student.societyforscience.org]

Common Cold

PANDAS is a rare syndrome in children and adolescents, who experience sudden onset or worsening of obsessive-compulsive disorder following streptococcal infection. [emedicine.com]

Lafora Disease

With the exception of a few missense mutations LD is clinically homogeneous, with onset in adolescence. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The disease course is progressive and fatal, with death occurring within 10 years of onset. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Viral Lower Respiratory Infection

PANDAS is a rare syndrome in children and adolescents, who experience sudden onset or worsening of obsessive-compulsive disorder following streptococcal infection. [emedicine.medscape.com]

Acute Bronchitis

Spermatic cord (testicular) torsion, a surgical emergency, should be considered in all cases, but it occurs more frequently among adolescents and in men without evidence of [cdc.gov]

In men with severe, unilateral pain with sudden onset, those whose test results do not support a diagnosis of urethritis or urinary-tract infection, or men in whom diagnosis [cdc.gov]

Viral Upper Respiratory Tract Infection

PANDAS is a rare syndrome in children and adolescents, who experience sudden onset or worsening of obsessive-compulsive disorder following streptococcal infection. [emedicine.medscape.com]

Upper Respiratory Infection

PANDAS is a rare syndrome in children and adolescents, who experience sudden onset or worsening of obsessive-compulsive disorder following streptococcal infection. [emedicine.medscape.com]

Vitamin D Deficiency

Acne tarda (adult acne) is defined as acne that develops (late-onset acne) or continues (persistent acne) after 25 years of age.1 Earlier puberty onset for female individuals [jcadonline.eastendseo.com]

[…] clinical investigation, insulin, hormone, metabolic disorder, polycystic ovary syndrome, PCOS J Clin Aesthet Dermatol. 2017;10(10):18–24 Acne is principally a disorder of adolescence [jcadonline.eastendseo.com]

Acute Alcohol Intoxication

"New-Onset Seizure in Adults and Adolescents: A Review". JAMA. 316 (24): 2657–2668. doi:10.1001/jama.2016.18625. PMID 28027373. Camfield, P; Camfield, C (June 2015). [en.wikipedia.org]

Childhood Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia with onset before adolescence does seem to differ from later-onset cases in the very high rates of insidious as opposed to acute onset. [academic.oup.com]

Is adolescent-onset first-episode psychosis different from adult onset?. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2005 Aug. 44(8):782-9. [Medline]. [emedicine.medscape.com]

In childhood-onset schizophrenia, there appears to be a faster loss of cerebral grey matter during adolescence. [en.wikipedia.org]

Vaginal Candidiasis

The spermatic cord is usually tender and swollen.Testicular torsion, a surgical emergency, should be considered in all cases, but it occurs more frequently among adolescents [web.archive.org]

Emergency testing for torsion might be indicated when the onset of pain is sudden, pain is severe, or the test results available during the initial examination do not support [web.archive.org]

Cystitis

Visual loss was progressive, with stabilization in adolescence. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] individuals presented uniform skeletal findings, with rhizomelia and bowed lower limbs observed in the first year of life, whereas retinal dystrophy had a more variable age of onset [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Acquired Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

[…] child-onset and adolescent-onset acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura have specific clinical, biological and therapeutic features. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Prof Dr MD Paul Coppo and Prof Dr MD Agnes Veyradier contribute with the study design and results interpretation of the research paper entitled, “Child-onset and adolescent-onset [itn-profile.eu]

Child-onset and adolescent-onset acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura is a crucial diagnosis in the field of paediatric haematologic cytopenias because it is a life-threatening [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Insomnia

The occurrence of sporadic prion disease among adolescents is extremely rare. A prion disease was confirmed in an adolescent with disease onset at 13 years of age. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Effect of melatonin on sleep, behavior, and cognition in ADHD and chronic sleep-onset insomnia. J Am Acad Child Adolesc 2007 ;46: 233 – 41. [doi.org]

Unverricht-Lundborg Syndrome

Synonym(s): PME type 1 Progressive myoclonic epilepsy type 1 Progressive myoclonus epilepsy type 1 ULD Prevalence: 1-9 / 1 000 000 Inheritance: Autosomal recessive Age of onset [orpha.net]

Childhood, Adolescent ICD-10: G40.3 OMIM: 254800 310370 612437 UMLS: C0751785 MeSH: D020194 GARD: 3876 MedDRA: 10054895 The documents contained in this web site are presented [orpha.net]

Acne Vulgaris

[…] with adolescence Acne vulgaris (common acne) is a prevalent skin condition that has its onset during adolescence. [britannica.com]

is a prevalent skin condition that has its onset during adolescence. [britannica.com]

Additional agents produced by C. acnes contribute towards tissue damage as well as initiation of comedogenesis The onset of adolescence is characterised by an increase in [pharmaceutical-journal.com]

Musculoskeletal Lower Back Pain

What we know MSK pain conditions typically follow a recurrent course with initial onset in adolescence. [chiro.org]

Some studies have revealed a link between MSK pain in adolescents and chronic pain in adults. [chiro.org]

it may be necessary to investigate the condition in this stage of life (or earlier) to identify the initial onset. [chiro.org]

Scoliosis

But we do know that the most common time for idiopathic scoliosis to develop is at the onset of adolescence, or around the age of 10. [hopkinsmedicine.org]

Anemia

The combination of a growth spurt and the onset of menstruation leaves adolescent girls at particularly high risk of iron deficiency anemia. [aafp.org]

Adolescent girls are vulnerable to develop IDA because of additional nutritional demand of the body needed for growth spurt, blood loss due to onset of menarche, malnourishment [hindawi.com]

Older children and adolescents are also at risk of anemia. [aafp.org]

Gingivitis

Longitudinal association of smoking-related attitude to oral health with adolescents’ smoking onset. J Public Health Dent. 2009 Winter;69(1):29–33. [emro.who.int]

Periodontal disease in children and adolescents of Latin America. Periodontol. 2015;67:34–57. 14. Zhang S, Liu J, Lo ECM, Chu C-H. [bmcoralhealth.biomedcentral.com]

Gingival inflammation and subgingival calculus as determinants of disease progression in early-onset periodontitis. J Clin Periodontol. 1998;25:231–7. 13. [bmcoralhealth.biomedcentral.com]

Rosacea

Some people call rosacea adult-onset acne, and it can look similar. Redness, bumps, and even some swelling appear well after adolescence. [skintour.com]

Hypersensitivity

Comorbidity - A National Representative Survey of Adolescents, PLOS ONE, 11, 10, (e0165196), (2016). [doi.org]

Marion Tegethoff, Esther Stalujanis, Angelo Belardi, Gunther Meinlschmidt and Soraya Seedat, Chronology of Onset of Mental Disorders and Physical Diseases in Mental-Physical [doi.org]

Stomatitis

Incidence of RAS in the general population is estimated around 25%, with an early onset during adolescence or even childhood [4, 5]. [bmcoralhealth.biomedcentral.com]

The age of onset for RAS is 10- 19 years. [mah.se]

Aphthous stomatitis begins in childhood or adolescence, with peak onset in those aged ten to 19 years. Aphthous ulcers may be more common in females than males. [encyclopedia.com]

Alcohol Abuse

The authors suggest that there may be a relationship between early-onset alcohol abuse and the development of major affective disorders in adolescence. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

"Predictors of Early Alcohol Drinking Onset." Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse 16.2 (2006). Dryden-Edwards, R., and L. Combrinck-Graham, eds. [medicinenet.com]

Early drinking onset and is association with alcohol use and problem behavior in late adolescent. Prev Med 1996; 25 (3):293-300. [ Links ] 6. [scielo.br]

Hypertension

Five adolescents with newly diagnosed essential hypertension were enrolled to receive allopurinol 200 mg twice daily for four weeks followed by a washout period. [doi.org]

Effectiveness of Early Detection and Treatment No direct evidence demonstrated that screening children and adolescents for hypertension is effective in delaying the onset [doi.org]

[…] delayed by lowering salt intake even earlier, during childhood and adolescence. 42 Projections such as ours are limited by any uncertainty concerning the data entered into [nejm.org]

Sexually Transmitted Disease

An early onset of sexual activity not only increases the probability of having various sexual partners, it also increases the chances of contracting a sexually transmitted [bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com]

Effects of a parent-child communications intervention on young adolescents' risk for early onset of sexual intercourse. Fam Plann Perspect 2001;33:52–61. [cdc.gov]

However, for adolescents with HIV infection, providers should screen 1 year after onset of sexual activity, regardless of age or mode of HIV infection (e.g., perinatally acquired [cdc.gov]

Dysthymic Disorder

Abstract Dysthymic disorder is a form of chronic depression which often has its onset in childhood or adolescence and is generally persistent throughout life. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The onset is often in adolescence. In contrast to the major depressive disorder there is no gender difference in the frequency of occurrence. [dr-elze.com]

Atopy

Only 16.8% of adults with AD experience onset after adolescence.9-11 AD commonly resolves by the time a child reaches adulthood; however, approximately 10% to 30% of patients [ajmc.com]

[…] asthma at school age and up to adolescence (35–37). [frontiersin.org]

The disease may have periods of complete remission, particularly in adolescence, and may then recur in early adult life. [emedicine.medscape.com]

Dermatitis

Only 16.8% of adults with AD experience onset after adolescence.9-11 AD commonly resolves by the time a child reaches adulthood; however, approximately 10% to 30% of patients [ajmc.com]

Bieber et al. proposed six phenotypes, which included very early-onset (3 months–2 years), early-onset (2–6 yeas), childhood-onset (6–14 years), adolescent-onset (14–20 years [intechopen.com]

Common features seen in most patients are a generalised skin dryness, early onset, and atopy. [thelancet.com]

Metabolic Syndrome

[…] metabolic syndrome in late adolescence. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] disease onset should be the goal of clinical practice, yet ... [educalingo.com]

Rapid deterioration of insulin secretion in obese adolescents preceding the onset of type 2 diabetes. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]