What is your elementary school daughter's secondary sexual characteristics and precocious puberty treatment already?
Dec 15, 2024
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As such, when secondary sexual characteristics begin when they are too young, they adversely affect height growth above all else. The normal secondary sexual characteristics range is 9 to 13 years old for girls and 10 to 14 years old for boys.
In the case of precocious puberty, girls typically develop their breasts. Boys may have a testicular volume of more than 4 ㏄ or a vertical length of more than 2.5 cm.
Diagnosis of precocious puberty is done through blood tests, bone age (growth plate) tests, and hormone stimulation tests to see the reaction after injecting hormones releasing sex-stimulating hormones. When diagnosed, precocious puberty treatment is performed in some cases.
In the case of low kidneys, growth evaluation can be performed with the treatment of the pediatric endocrine department, and growth hormone injection treatment can help.
In the case of injection treatment, health insurance can be applied if it is diagnosed as precocious puberty, not early puberty. ▲ (Girl) confirmed breast development before age 8 ▲ (Boys) confirmed testicular volume increase before age 9 ▲ (Common) Only bone age ▲ (Common) confirmation of a maximum of 5 IU/L or higher in the adolescent hormone stimulation test.
The younger the treatment for precocious puberty, the better. If treatment is started before the age of 6, growth results of 9-10 cm for girls and 6-7 cm for boys can be expected. If treatment is started at the age of 6 to 8, it has a 4.5cm growth effect.
There are also cautions in injection treatment. Depending on the person, pain at the injection site, redness, facial flushing, aseptic abscess at the injection site, and temporary vaginal bleeding may occur. In some cases, the growth rate decreases, such as a decrease in predicted adult height than before the start of treatment.
Even though precocious puberty treatment was started on time, sometimes the inhibition is released and secondary sexual characteristics such as menstruation occur. In this case, there are usually signs, and the chest grows bigger or suddenly becomes taller.
Lee Jung-sun, director of the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescents at Sejong Hospital in Incheon, said "Hormone injections for the treatment of precocious puberty should keep the injection interval constant so that inhibition does not go away."Side effects occur in very few cases, and predicted adult height may decrease even without precocious puberty treatment. It is very important to follow up and manage through regular treatment".
In addition, the section chief said 'the association between food and precocious puberty', typically 'Yulmu and kelp are good for preventing precocious puberty' has not been medically identified.
Regarding the rumor that 'Eating a lot of milk or eggs promotes precocious puberty such as menarche', the section chief explained that "Milk or egg growth promoters are not related because they have no biological activity in the body."
Rather, the section chief emphasized the link between smartphone use and precocious puberty in young children.
He added "As times progress, there is more time to be exposed to electronic devices from an early age"If you look at TVs and computers that emit bright light when you need to sleep, especially smartphones, you will have problems with melatonin secretion, resulting in a rapid onset of puberty."
"If parents and medical staff cooperate in time, it will greatly help children grow up properly."I regularly check the child's development status and growth rate with an expert, and if there is a problem, I recommend that you treat it in time."
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