Patient's question:
My child is five years old this year. Due to having jaundice encephalopathy, she now has difficulty walking and often falls. I feel this is too cruel for her. She is not very smart either, and now she cannot even write a single character. I would like to ask what should be done about the sequelae of jaundice encephalopathy for a five-year-old?Doctor's answer:
Precocious puberty refers to the onset of sexual development occurring earlier than in typically developing peers of the same age. Generally, if a boy exhibits the development of secondary sexual characteristics before the age of 9, it can be classified as precocious puberty. Precocious puberty is categorized into central precocious puberty and peripheral precocious puberty. A 14-year-old boy who exhibits the development of secondary sexual characteristics is no longer considered to have precocious puberty. After the development of secondary sexual characteristics begins, height and weight also increase rapidly.