Precocious puberty?

[lulugirl]

Does anybody have a child who has experienced this?
Please pm me if you have any thoughts or information you can share?
Thanks!

 

[Kermit]

I don't have any direct experiences with it, but I know people who do. There are many doctors who believe that it's at least partially due to the extra hormones we get in our meat and dairy products. They recommend organic meat and dairy products. (If not completely organic, meat and dairy products from animals that weren't given any steroids is okay. Organic includes that plus the fact that they're fed organic grass and grains, but that's not thought to be a factor for precocious puberty.)

When caught early, some people are able to reverse the symptoms by switching to organic products. For example, if it's a girl whose only symptom is breast swelling, it may be possible to reverse it. If it's progressed to the point that there's been hair growth in places that only adults have hair or if cycles have started, it's much less likely that the symptoms will reverse.

 

[lulugirl]

Thank you for your response!
Do you happen to know how the diagnosis is made?
Would a blood test yield a definitive diagnosis?

 

[luvmarypoppins]

I would say take your dd to a pediatric endocronologist. We have our son under treatment at one now for some problems. He had like 3 vials of blood drawn and she did like 14 tests on it and is getting down to the root of his problem. He is at the other end of the spectrum, he is just not growing fast enough in every way and its not good either because she said it could affect his bone growth very badly. It took me about a year going back and forth with the pediatrician to finally make him see that ds definetely had some type of problem. Stay on top of things for youir dd, you are her best advocate. Good luck.