Early bone age is by no means equivalent to precocious puberty , although clinically precocious children often have advanced bone age. However, the diagnosis of premature puberty is premature development of secondary sexual characteristics . If your child has breast development before the age of 8 (girl) and testicular enlargement before the age of 9 (boy), you need to take the child to the endocrinology clinic for treatment . The doctor will comprehensively determine whether the child is precocious based on other examination results.
accurately reflects the growth and development status of children through the evaluation of bone age 3. can predict the height of children after adulthood . It is the basis for screening, diagnosis and necessary intervention for diseases related to abnormal bone age. is an important indicator and can be used for follow-up or medication guidance in the clinical treatment of related diseases.
Generally speaking, the bone age is proportional to the actual age and will be basically the same, but there will be deviations. It is normal for the bone age to deviate from the actual age within 1 year. Bone age is older than the actual age of 1 year or above, which is the early development of bone age. Bone age is less than the actual age of 1 year or above, which is the late development of bone age.
Height "grow early and stop early", with a small bone age, so there is a lot of potential and room for adjustment of height! For height management with the goal of achieving ideal height, the epiphyseal line of bone age will also close earlier, which means that the time and space for children to grow and develop are reduced. Once the child's epiphyseal line is completely closed, it means that the child's height will be frozen and there will be no chance to change again.
