The treatment of dwarfism must hold a holistic concept, first of all, we should clarify the causes of dwarfism, then give the corresponding treatment, together with the four magic words that are effective for every child to grow taller, we believe that your child may reach the ideal height of 170 cm for boys and 160 cm for girls.
The causes of dwarfism are different and so is the treatment. Not all dwarfism needs to be treated with growth hormone. Only dwarfism that falls under the category of growth hormone treatment can be treated with growth hormone, while some diseases are unnecessary and ineffective to be treated with growth hormone. Therefore, if you find that your child has a tendency to be short, you should go to the hospital in a timely manner to have the cause of your child’s short stature determined by bone age measurement, growth hormone stimulation test, and thyroid function measurement.
The emergence of recombinant human growth hormone has benefited hundreds of millions of children with dwarfism, and it can be used to treat growth hormone deficiency, idiopathic dwarfism, small for gestational age children, Turner syndrome, Prader-Willi syndrome, chronic renal failure and other diseases that cause dwarfism; malnutrition should be treated by improving nutrition and adjusting diet. For those who are suffering from malnutrition, we should improve nutrition and diet; for those who are suffering from chronic systemic diseases, we should actively treat the primary diseases; for familial short stature, we should improve the living environment, strengthen nutrition and exercise, and ensure sufficient and high quality sleep to promote their growth potential to the maximum; for those who are suffering from psychosocial factors, we should improve their psychosocial condition. In addition, adequate nutrition, sufficient quality sleep, adequate exercise, and less illness are the four major assets to promote children’s physical growth, and only by treating the treatment of dwarfism with a holistic view can we achieve good results.