Children with turner syndrome if not treated with growth hormones jabs, can she still grow tall naturally?
Anyone there with similar experience advise me on that? Is it true that after starting the hormones pills (to stimulate puberty and menstruation), the child will stop growing after 1 to 2 years later due to the maturity of bones caused by the pills? If so, can I choose to delay the puberty treatment? My girl is now 13 years old, standing at 131 cm. If I choose to start the puberty treatment 1 year later, will there be any harm to her?
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my daughter has TS she’s 11yr old and on growth hormone..
she’s just started on hormones to stimulate puberty. she gets in patch form………Latest reserch shows it’s best to start before age 12 now, to give the uterous longer to "mature". leaving it till 14+ they are finding the uterous does not develop as well………….There is little if any affect to the final height and they do tend to grow still beyond 2 yrs of the onset of the pills (patches)…………….of course this is mainly based on the girl also having gh injections……….
you can delay starting the puberty treatment and it won’t harm her as such but as i say her uterous and womb may not fully develop……….(important if she may want IVF treatment when older)
my daughter turned 11 last December and started the hormones for puberty in March..
she’s 125.5cms
Some doctors recommend delaying starting puberty with hormone replacement in girls with Turner’s for just this reason…it is true that once puberty is started, the time left for growth is finite. Others believe the psychological benefits of starting puberty on schedule with her friends and peers outweigh the small amount of extra height that may be gained by delaying it. My doctors tried to balance this by starting me on hormones at about 12, but at a very low dose to maximize the remaining growth I could get.