When parents find that their children are short in stature, they often take two approaches: 1, active treatment, see the advertisement or hear what height increasing products, regardless of the cost, to try, as a result, when the effect is not good party to find a specialist, at this time may have lost the best time for treatment, or already have adverse consequences.
2, wait, some parents think that “23 years old also scamper a scamper”, the child is short is not anxious, there are early growth and late growth, when found that the child really does not grow, and then go to the hospital is too late, the child may have healed epiphysis, lost the opportunity to grow taller.
Therefore, when parents find that their children are short in stature, they should go to a specialist clinic because there are many causes of short stature, including endocrine diseases, congenital diseases, hereditary diseases, chromosomal diseases, and so on. It is necessary for the specialist to ask a detailed medical history, a comprehensive physical examination and necessary laboratory tests, and then, after a comprehensive analysis, come up with a definite diagnosis and treatment advice, and answer some questions from the parents, such as whether it can be treated? Is it possible to have a second child? Therefore, we recommend that children with dwarfism should be seen at a specialist clinic.