Will precocious puberty affect a child's future height?

Today's society is a period of rapid development of material and spiritual civilization. More and more children are experiencing precocious puberty, which makes parents particularly worried. Some experts also point out that precocious puberty will affect children's future height, which makes parents even more anxious. Precocious puberty is actually a common phenomenon now. So, will precocious puberty affect children's height? Let us find out through the following article.

Precocious puberty has become one of the important causes of dwarfism.

Children with precocious puberty enter puberty early, and sex hormones are secreted in large quantities at an early stage. Although their growth is temporarily accelerated and they are taller than their peers, due to the early stimulation of sex hormones, their bone age is significantly higher than their actual age, causing the epiphysis to close prematurely, ultimately leading to short stature.

Whether a child with precocious puberty will eventually be short depends on his height and bone age at the time of precocious puberty. For example, a girl who starts menstruating before the age of 10 usually has a bone age of 12 years and a height of 152 cm. Although her bone age is two years older than her actual age, the girl can eventually reach a height of 160 cm. However, the parents of such children are usually taller as well, so the child's height may not reach the genetic height of his parents.

After their children are diagnosed with precocious puberty, many parents ask for their children to take drugs to control precocious puberty, and believe that the drugs can be used regardless of their age and bone age. In fact, this type of medicine is suitable for situations where the bone age is 2 years older than the actual age, and the bone age of girls is less than 12 years old and the bone age of boys is less than 13 years old. For girls whose bone age is greater than 12.5 years when they start menstruating, and for boys whose bone age is greater than 13.5 years after their voice changes, it is not recommended to use drugs to control precocious puberty.

Since precocious puberty can cause a child's height to vary, parents should not feed their children random foods. They should ensure a balanced diet with comprehensive nutrition. In particular, they should prevent children from being exposed to society and sex at an early age. Generally, precocious puberty will lead to premature fusion of the child's epiphysis after the stimulation of sex hormones, and later on, the height will not rise.