Patient's question:
Precocious Puberty What should be done now your child is 137.5 cm tall. Angel Children's Hospital checked and found accelerated bone age growth and larger follicles. The doctor recommended treatment, first to suppress growth and development.Doctor's answer:
Problem Analysis: The girl is 8 years old. Height: 137 cm. Bone age: 11 years. Diagnosis: Follicular development. It is recommended to use growth-inhibiting injections due to concerns about the side effects of the drug. If the bone age is advanced by 3 years, central precocious puberty may be more severe. The bone age is 11 years, height 137 cm. Clearly, the final height will be affected. The inhibition of rapid growth is to delay the onset of menstruation as much as possible, to gain time for height growth. As long as it is used as required, the inhibitory injection has no side effects. It mainly adopts a "stop-and-go" therapy, rather than a one-time therapy, which is very likely to lead to ovarian dysfunction.