Patient's question:
My daughter was raised on formula. She is only eight years old now. There is white discharge in her underwear. Will it expand? What is the normal age for girls to go through normal growth and development?Doctor's answer:
General physical development in 8-year-old girls and 9-year-old boys can show signs of sexual maturation, which can be clinically diagnosed as precocious puberty. Precocious puberty can interfere with the final adult height. It is recommended that family members master parenting skills, pay attention to the child's proper diet, and take the child to a regular hospital's endocrinology department for sex hormone level testing and transvaginal color Doppler MRI. Once diagnosed, treatment should be started as soon as possible.