Wen Jeping, who lives in Pingxiang, Jiangxi Province, is a lively boy, but at the age of 11, he is only 1.18 meters tall. After examination, he realized that his short height was due to dwarfism caused by a complete lack of growth hormone, and the best time for treatment had been missed. Recently, dozens of dwarf children and their parents listened to the lecture on scientific growth and at the same time, Wen Jeping and Tang Bin from Changsha received a course of medical aid from the hospital. The hospital gave a course of growth hormone treatment. Experts reminded that children should find the cause of their short stature at the age of 4.
According to Xu Xuan, deputy chief physician of the endocrine specialty of the hospital’s pediatric medical center, there is a golden dividing line for determining children’s short stature, which is 4 years old. At the age of 4, the growth hormone and thyroid hormone in the body are basically formed, and the eating and sleeping habits are gradually formed, so we can see whether there are any defects in the figure, and these conditions play a decisive role in future growth and development. In the active stage, it will also promote endocrine, beneficial to growth. If an infant is 25 cm shorter than other children from 0 to 1 year old, 10 cm shorter than other children from 1 to 2 years old, and 5 cm shorter than other children after 2 years old, parents should take their children to the hospital for examination.
Xu Xuan said that the age of epiphyseal closure in China is around 16 and 14 for males and females respectively. After the child is diagnosed to be short due to growth hormone deficiency and treated with growth hormone early before epiphyseal closure, there is hope for short children to reach normal height, and the early age of using growth hormone is more effective than late.