Patient's question:
There is a little girl in the same village, now just 10 years old. She is very tall, almost as tall as an adult, and her breasts have already started to develop. Her family says that she doesn't eat dinner on time and loves to snack a lot. I find it strange that her development is so early. What are the causes of precocious puberty in children?Doctor's answer:
In general, girls begin to develop secondary sexual characteristics around the age of 12 or 18. If they start developing secondary sexual characteristics before the age of 10, it is considered precocious puberty, which is closely related to diet. On the other hand, it is also closely related to one's own endocrine hormones. When necessary, blood tests for six sex hormones may be required. If the results indicate excessively high levels of sex hormones, medication may need to be administered to suppress them.