Q: what is central precocious puberty?

True puberty: Cpp is what happens when the pituitary gland starts to secrete lh and FSH which stimulate the ovaries or testes to make hormones which cause breast development in girls or testicular enlargement in boys. Typically the ages defining precocious are prior to 8 years-old in girls and prior to 9 years-old in boys.

Q: what causes precocious puberty in girls?

Not sure: Puberty is occurring earlier - we think because girls are heavier. True precocious puberty may be due to many factors. If you have a girl child who is growing breasts or having a menstrual period ahead of her peers see a pediatric endocrinologist now.

Q: what is precocious puberty and what are the symptoms in girls?

Early puberty: It usually starts before age8y of age. If it early breast development the child will be monitored for other signs of puberty. The reason to follow closely is so height is not prematurely affected, thus the child would be shorter than predicted.

Q: how is gonadotropin-independent precocious puberty typically diagnosed?

Labs tests: That can be a difficult diagnosis to make. It requires some routine blood tests. It may sometimes require some more complex blood after after taking an injection of a medicine. And it always requires your doctor to do a physical exam and maybe an ultrasound to look for specific reasons.

Q: is there anything i can do if my 7yo seems like she is having precocious puberty?

Schedule a checkup: The appearance of a few "curlies" as one mom called them can be alarming.Parents should share their concerns with their physician as they arise.Your dr can review your findings & look for evidence of increased growth& bone maturity and test for hormones if it is indicated. Treatment if needed is taylored to the cause. Some signs without evidence of other changes can be seen in girls as early as 6.

Question 1

what are some of the effects of precocious puberty?

Accepted Answer

Precocious puberty : In boys before age 9 and in girls before 8, the presence of enlarging testes and breast development, respectively is considered early. Pubic hair and body odor come from the adrenal glands and are associated but not hormonally driven by the puberty hormones in the pituitary gland. Causes are numerous and may not need treatment. Final height potential may be shortened by early growth plate fusion.

Question 2

i was wondering what are the effects of precocious puberty?

Accepted Answer

Precocious puberty: Precocious puberty is pubertal development before age 8 in girls and age 9 in boys. The causes and outcomes are too complex to review here, but are divided into gdpp) early signals from the brain, and gipp) abnormal steroid production, from tumors or ingesting hormonal medication. Over 80% of  gdpp in girls is idiopathic, meaning no cause is identified.

Question 3

whats central precocious puberty?

Accepted Answer

CPP: This is true puberty. When the pituitary gland begins to secrete pubertal levels of lh and fsh which act on testes or ovaries to initiate testicular enlargement in boys or breast development in girls. Cpp can only be diagnosed when girls are < 8 yo and boys < 9 yo.  After this age, it is no longer precocious.

Question 4

what is central precocious puberty?

Accepted Answer

True puberty: Cpp is what happens when the pituitary gland starts to secrete lh and FSH which stimulate the ovaries or testes to make hormones which cause breast development in girls or testicular enlargement in boys.  Typically the ages defining precocious are prior to 8 years-old in girls and prior to 9 years-old in boys.

Question 5

what causes precocious puberty in girls?

Accepted Answer

Not sure: Puberty is occurring earlier - we think because girls are heavier. True precocious puberty may be due to many factors. If you have a girl child who is growing breasts or having a menstrual period ahead of her peers see a pediatric endocrinologist now.

Question 6

what are environmental causes of precocious puberty?

Accepted Answer

Precocious puberty: Precocious puberty is pubertal development before age 8 in girls and age 9 in boys. The causes are either gdpp) early developmental signals from the brain, or gipp) abnormal steroid production such as from tumors or ingesting hormonal medication. Environmental causes would fall under gipp, such as ingesting drugs or material containing sex-steroid hormones.

Question 7

what is precocious puberty and what are the symptoms in girls?

Accepted Answer

Early puberty: It usually starts before age8y of age. If it early breast development the child will be monitored for other signs of puberty. The reason to follow closely is so height is not prematurely affected, thus the child would be shorter than predicted.

Question 8

how is gonadotropin-independent precocious puberty typically diagnosed?

Accepted Answer

Labs tests: That can be a difficult diagnosis to make. It requires some routine blood tests. It may sometimes require some more complex blood after after taking an injection of a medicine. And it always requires your doctor to do a physical exam and maybe an ultrasound to look for specific reasons.

Question 9

is there anything i can do if my 7yo seems like she is having precocious puberty?

Accepted Answer

Schedule a checkup: The appearance of a few "curlies" as one mom called them can be alarming.Parents should share their concerns with their physician as they arise.Your dr can review your findings & look for evidence of increased growth& bone maturity and test for hormones if it is indicated. Treatment if needed is taylored to the cause. Some signs without evidence of other changes can be seen in girls as early as 6.

Question 10

hi doctors, can you tell me what is precocious puberty and what are the symptoms?

Accepted Answer

Precocious puberty: Precocious puberty is pubertal development before age 8 in girls and age 9 in boys. The causes are too many and complex to review here, but are divided into gdpp) early developmental signals from the brain, and gipp) abnormal steroid production, such as from tumors or ingesting hormonal medication. Over 80% of  gdpp in girls is idiopathic, meaning no cause is identified.

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