There are many reasons for children to be short, for example: 1. Familial dwarfism: Generally, if the parents are short, the children will also be short in height. Sometimes there is also the phenomenon of intergenerational inheritance, where the parents are not short, but the grandparents or uncles, aunts and uncles are short, the child will also be short.
2, endocrine system abnormalities: such as hypothyroidism, diabetes and pituitary dwarfism can cause children to be short. Among them, pituitary dwarfism is the dwarfism caused by the decrease of growth hormone secretion which is often talked about, called growth hormone deficiency.
Central nervous system diseases: such as hypoxia before birth or during birth leading to neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, hydrocephalus, brain tumor and brain surgery, severe trauma, etc. can cause dwarfism.
4. Chronic wasting diseases: for example, gastrointestinal malabsorption in childhood, uremia, abnormal liver function, congenital heart disease, etc. can cause dwarfism.
5. Chromosomal abnormalities: usually congenital genetic disorders such as congenital stupidity (trisomy 21), congenital ovarian hypoplasia syndrome (Turner syndrome), etc.
6, intrauterine dysplasia: fetal hypoxia in the mother, infection, malnutrition and other reasons can cause the fetus in utero dysplasia, birth height and weight are lower than the same gestational age of newborns, after birth also often occur in height growth retardation, and ultimately short height.
7. Bone disease: such as cartilage dysplasia and spinal deformity can cause dwarfism.
8. Other: Metabolic diseases such as renal tubular acidosis and hepatic glycogen accumulation disease can cause dwarfism.
Therefore, the causes of short height in children are extremely complex and should be examined in a timely manner at the hospital. When your child’s height is significantly lower than that of children of the same age, parents should not wait blindly thinking that their child is slow in growth. If you miss the opportunity, it is often too late to treat your child after puberty begins!