Patient's question:
My youngest daughter is only 8 years old, but she has already developed hard lumps in her breasts. I'm worried it might be precocious puberty. Will it affect her growth and development?What kind of help do I need: What are the harms of precocious puberty on the body, and does it affect development?
Doctor's answer:
Due to early sexual development, under the influence of sex hormones, height grows rapidly. However, this also accelerates the premature fusion of growth plates, causing the growth of height to terminate earlier than normal children, resulting in shorter stature in adulthood. Due to early development, precocious puberty accounts for a certain proportion in dwarfism. Children with precocious puberty are generally taller than their normal peers at that time. However, because of the advanced bone age, if not treated in time, they usually have a shorter adult height.