Point and Health

Greetings to all followers of this blog. Today, I want to talk to you about something very interesting that occurs with young children and, although it is a frequent occurrence in my medical practice, I recognize that I have not addressed this topic in my blog in recent years. Today, since it was the main reason for the consultation of one of my patients, I decided to review the topic and share my considerations with you. As you have read in the title, today we will be talking about self-stimulation or masturbation in young children. This was the reason for consultation for a family extremely concerned about the well-being and health of their daughter, who is just two and a half years old. In recent weeks, she has begun to show evident behavior of genital self-stimulation, crossing her legs in a scissor-like manner and having movements of extension and flexion of her legs with pelvic movements. She frequently performs these episodes in public, and they can sometimes be accompanied by p...