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<blockquote data-quote="fuddleduddledee" data-source="post: 212348" data-attributes="member: 4966"><p>This is something I've started addressing just recently, possibly a little on the late side. My difficult child is seriously delayed in his normal puberty. So far we have gone to a pediatrician who has a special interest in endocrinology. Much blood work has been done, including a test looking at possible chromosonal syndromes. The blood work came back with something amiss. As well, a bone age x-ray was done which showed delayed bone and somewhat uneven growth, my difficult child is 17 1/2 years old but his bone growth is only at that of a 15 year old, which means he's still got some growing to do (he is six feet tall and wears a men's size twelve shoe and his hands are huge),<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/Graemlins/23_34_2.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":holymoly:" title="Holy Moly :holymoly:" data-shortname=":holymoly:" />. The next step is a trip to The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto to do a puberty test which involves two blood test and an injection of a hormone. After that, I don't know what follows other than some motherly worry <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/felttip/anxious.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":anxious:" title="anxious :anxious:" data-shortname=":anxious:" />. </p><p></p><p>In retrospect, I think I should have looked into this much sooner but, I didn't know about boys development. I did know that some girls don't menstrate until 18 so I assumed it would be the same for boys. Now, I am questioning if this delay could be related to all these medications he's been on since he was a very young child. He has been on a variety of medications since he was 5, including mood stabilizers, anti-psychotics, and anti-depressants not to mention a couple of short trials of amphetimines. Who knows what these medications can do over the long haul in a developing child. Even saying that, if I had to do it over again, I'd still use the medications.</p><p></p><p>My whole point is, if you are wondering, get it checked out, you never know, better to check it out and find nothing than to leave it and it really is something.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fuddleduddledee, post: 212348, member: 4966"] This is something I've started addressing just recently, possibly a little on the late side. My difficult child is seriously delayed in his normal puberty. So far we have gone to a pediatrician who has a special interest in endocrinology. Much blood work has been done, including a test looking at possible chromosonal syndromes. The blood work came back with something amiss. As well, a bone age x-ray was done which showed delayed bone and somewhat uneven growth, my difficult child is 17 1/2 years old but his bone growth is only at that of a 15 year old, which means he's still got some growing to do (he is six feet tall and wears a men's size twelve shoe and his hands are huge),:holymoly:. The next step is a trip to The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto to do a puberty test which involves two blood test and an injection of a hormone. After that, I don't know what follows other than some motherly worry :anxious:. In retrospect, I think I should have looked into this much sooner but, I didn't know about boys development. I did know that some girls don't menstrate until 18 so I assumed it would be the same for boys. Now, I am questioning if this delay could be related to all these medications he's been on since he was a very young child. He has been on a variety of medications since he was 5, including mood stabilizers, anti-psychotics, and anti-depressants not to mention a couple of short trials of amphetimines. Who knows what these medications can do over the long haul in a developing child. Even saying that, if I had to do it over again, I'd still use the medications. My whole point is, if you are wondering, get it checked out, you never know, better to check it out and find nothing than to leave it and it really is something. [/QUOTE]
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