In addition to family genetic factors, childhood dwarfism is mostly caused by diseases.
Common diseases include endocrine disorders such as pituitary dwarfism, chromosomal disorders such as congenital ovarian hypoplasia syndrome, skeletal disorders such as chondrodysplasia, and low birth weight children with intrauterine growth retardation and children with chronic malnutrition.
If your child’s height is significantly lower than other children of the same age and sex; growth rate is less than 5cm per year from age 3 to pre-pubertal; growth rate is less than 7cm per year during puberty; the following measures need to be taken: visit a regular hospital; bone age determination; prediction of adult lifetime height to avoid missing the best time for treatment or unnecessary treatment!