Patient's question:
The baby is eleven months old. The breasts are prominent, and there is underarm hair. Today, the baby was taken to see a doctor, and the diagnosis was precocious puberty. It has been two months since the discovery of precocious puberty. There has been no treatment history or effect.Why is the baby eleven months old and experiencing precocious puberty? How is precocious puberty treated? Can it be treated?
Doctor's answer:
True precocious puberty is caused by the premature activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis. False precocious puberty is caused by an abnormal excess of sources of sex hormones; Incomplete precocious puberty: only breast or pubic hair development occurs, but not the development of its sexual characteristics. Endocrine tests show that the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis is not activated, and bone age is normal. Therefore, the cause of precocious puberty in children should be carefully identified, and methods such as cranial magnetic resonance imaging, carpal bone age, gonadal ultrasound, and endocrine hormone level determination should be used to make a clear diagnosis. The treatment of precocious puberty varies depending on the cause and the treatment method. Therefore, it is recommended that you take your child for a detailed examination, because your child is too young and has already matured, and you should carefully determine the cause before undergoing corrective treatment.