Hi everyone,  my daughter who is age 7 is having break outs along with her breast are hurting her and have grown in size. I took her to ped. yesterday who suspects precocious puberty. She sent her over to have blood work and a bone age x ray done and is also refering her to an Endo. Dr.  I got the results of her blood work today and they said they were normal and she hopes to have the bone age results tomorrow.  My main question right now is, is it possible to have PP and still have the blood work come back normal?  This is all so overwhelming and confusing. My daughter also had Meningitis a year ago in Feb. so I am also wondering if this could have caused this.

 

I am now 53 years old - I was diagnosed at 2 years old as having infant precocious puberty and was starting to develop way ahead of my time.

Somewhere in the archived medical journals I have been written about and was subject to exploritory operations to determine the cause - no reasons were found. 

 

Back in my day (1950's) there were some strange "therapies" and some tragic results - so I have been told. My parents were told (by their doctor) to make the decision to "hand me over to science" or move away and enjoy me and hope for the best. Fortunately, my parents chose the latter. I didn't have any medications or hormones - the precocious puberty took it's natural course. We moved from the UK to Australia.

 

The growing pains were intense - I grew so much faster than my peers and towered above them. I looked very different to kids of my age and I got sick of hearing adults tell my parents "gee she's big for her age". I think the hardest thing for my parents was that from a very young age, I could fall pregnant- and of course, my looks were decieving because I was "well-developed. I guess I didn't understand this at such a young age.

 

Some kids were cruel (there are always those types of kids) but most didn't even notice - they liked me for me. As pre-teen, something strange happened - I stopped growing and my peers now towered over me. But, just like me, the other girls started growing their breasts, having their periods - I was starting to feel "normal".

 

As an adult, I have lived a normal fulfilling life - sure, I am shorter than most - I am 4 foot 11 inches (oh I do wish for that extra inch). No body notices that I am "different" - yes, they notice I am short! I am a mother of a 17 year old daughter and yes, I held my breath dreading that she would have precocious puberty - thankfully I worried for nothing.

 

I guess what I am trying to say, is - today there are wonderful therapies that can help precocious puberty girls. These days little girls can lead normal lives.

 

I would suggest you keep an eye on your daughters bone age - I do think that our bones are different to others. I must admit I am suffering from "sore bones" again - just like the growing pains - I go to the specialist this Thursday 26th August. If I find out whether it is related to Precocious Puberty, I will let you know. It could just be normal "old age".

 

Please, if I can help at all, I am only too happy to answer any concerns you may have. I am no doctor - however I am "experienced" in this particular field. All the very best to you, I hope this will help ease some of your concerns. :)