Question
The girl with true precocious puberty has undergone a comprehensive examination at the children’s and women’s hospital and has been diagnosed. Assistance sought: How to treat precocious puberty, how long it takes, and whether it can be cured?
Answer
Girls with precocious puberty require timely treatment. Since the onset of puberty in normal children varies greatly, it is difficult to determine an absolute boundary between normal and precocious puberty. Generally, any secondary characteristics such as breast enlargement, pubic hair growth, and underarm hair growth occurring before the age of 8 in girls, or the beginning of menstruation before the age of 10, are considered principles for the treatment of female precocious puberty. The goal of treatment is to eliminate the cause, suppress sexual development until the normal age of puberty, try to increase height to the final length, pay attention to emotional changes, and provide health education and sex education as necessary. Medications that suppress development can be taken.