To - late puberty

[Guest guest]

Eliz,

What I know about late puberty comes from having a sister as well as a

friend who both experienced late blooming, breasts and menses... My

sister has five boys, and is now miserably menopausal with migraines!

My close friend was never able to have children, just turned 60, and

JUST quit menstruating! She has enjoyed excellent health for the most

part.

My son has IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease). Late puberty is quite

common among IBD kids (and, conversely, some of them have precocious

puberty and some are possibly borderline ASD). We assume the late

development comes from malabsorption of nutrients, so development

can't take place timely. IBD kids have crazy hormonal profiles,

mostly deficient in minerals and hormones! They're lacking in DHEA,

Vitamin D, growth hormone, magnesium, zinc. Ummnn. Duh, what does

that tell you? Some parents struggle with whether or not to put their

very short children on growth hormones. Zinc deficiency may be

related to short stature. Lotsa studies on that!

One of the IBD kids I know of was 16 and had not entered puberty. He

was one of a number of people who received autologous stem cell

transplant for Crohns. One of the many interesting results from the

stem cell transplant was that he went through puberty - like literally

overnight - just a very few days/a couple of weeks. He also grew in

height. Can't remember where he started, I think about 5'6 " , but grew

quickly to well over 6'.

Another interesting thing about the SCT was that he retained innate

immunity to measles and some things, but had NO immunity from the

vaccines. The chemo destroyed so-called vaccine immunity, but not

mother-acquired immunity.

Also, I remember years back and every time the Olympics roll around

about the gymnasts, and how small and underdeveloped they are. I

remember something about coaches in some countries who kept the girls

on rigid diets that would postpone puberty and development.

So my guess is nutritional absorption and environmental toxins are the

biggies. Lots of estrogen crap in the environment.

Trying to find Balance and Health!

-judy

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another question...any ideas on late puberty - when she was younger,

my older girl was looking precocious, told (by dr) that she would

start menstruating within the year - she was 9ish - ultimately, she

ended up starting late, around 15, 16yo...have wondered about this &

whether something went right, or more wrong. and have current concerns

about my migraine girl - very similar to the ones I have seen here.

thanks, elizabeth