Australia : a 5 year old girl soon to be post-menopausal

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Published the 14.10.2017 at 17h48

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Was just 5 years old, Emily Dover is going to be very soon post-menopausal. The doctors following the small australian will administer a treatment to correct the hormonal imbalance from which they suffer. With the result of the arrival of the menopause in this child development very early.

Emily Dover, who lives in Gosford, a city located to the north of Sydney, is growing much faster than other children of the same age. Because, as tells the Daily Mirror, the little girl is suffering from Addison’s disease, a disease which causes premature puberty, sensory problems, anxiety, spectrum disorders of autism and adrenal insufficiency.

A result of the illness, she experienced her first flare of acne and saw her breasts take shape as early as the age of 2 years. And two years later, Emily has started to have its rules before any excess body hair grows on his arms, his back and his pubes.
The girl is also set to release a strong body odor, and is much larger than his peers of the same age. At the age of four weeks, it had grown 4 inches in seven days.

A very expensive treatment

His disease was finally diagnosed this summer, after years of testing and hesitation by doctors. To help the child, the doctors decided to administer a treatment that will improve his daily life but will manifest itself particularly by a menopause.

Problem : the medicines are expensive. Each sting costs about 1 200 euros. The girl’s parents have launched a campaign of crowdfunding online. The initiative is a success because in just two weeks, the target set by Dover has been far exceeded.