First-year elementary school daughter's heart... If you miss the time to treat precocious puberty, you can't grow
Jul 17, 2025
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Lee (39), who raises her 8-year-old daughter, was surprised to find her child's breast recently. He seems to have grown taller than usual, and his body sweats more and the smell of his scalp has become worse.
At the hospital, Lee's daughter was diagnosed with precocious puberty. The child's puberty began more than two years earlier than the average of his peers.
Premature puberty is a disease in which a girl shows signs of puberty before the age of 8 and a boy before the age of 9. Breast development for girls and increased testicular size for boys are the main signals, and if the bone age progresses quickly before puberty and the growth plate is closed early, the final height may decrease.
Chang Hyun-ji, director of the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescents at Good Culture Hospital, said, `The early arrival of adolescence means that it grows quickly in a short period of time, but the growth plate can close early, resulting in a final height loss"It may be time for a professional examination, rather than unconditionally liking it because it grows faster than its peers."
Most of the main causes of precocious puberty are idiopathic, but various factors such as family history, obesity, environmental hormones, and cosmetics containing sex hormones can be combined. Recently, there is no scientific basis for eggs, milk and tofu, which are foods that cause precocious puberty among parents. Above all, a balanced diet is the most important.
If precocious puberty is suspected, GnRH stimulation tests and bone age measurements are performed, and in girls, pelvic ultrasound is additionally examined if precocious puberty is diagnosed. Boys are diagnosed by brain MRI due to the high possibility of organic abnormalities.
Manager Jang Hyun-ji said, "According to the diagnosis results, GnRH agonists are used to suppress the secretion of gonadotropic hormone and to slow puberty."This treatment is injected every three to four weeks or three months, lowering sex hormone levels to pre-adolescence levels and delaying growth plate closure to help secure the final key."
The end point of precocious puberty treatment is set individually. "When the expected height is sufficiently secured, the child is ready to accept puberty, or when the child reaches the appropriate bone age, the treatment is terminated," Jang Hyun-ji advised. "Most importantly, early detection and regular follow-up."
Premature puberty can affect not only the child's growth but also emotional development if the treatment is missed. Manager Jang Hyun-ji said, `If you see a faster body change than your previous years, don't just pass it over and it is more important than anything else to determine the exact diagnosis and treatment through the treatment of a pediatric endocrinologist.'
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
