Is your child at the height target? What is a normal height?
“Adequate nutrition, normal endocrine system function, and the absence of chronic diseases that can cause bone and cell growth and development are the three conditions for a healthy growth of a child. 2 + 6.5cm Estimated adult height for girls = (father’s height + mother’s height)/2 – 6.5cm How does short stature occur?
There are many factors that can affect a child’s normal growth, such as problems with the development of the hypothalamus or pituitary gland during fetal life, or if the child has suffered a severe head trauma, brain tumor or infection (e.g. meningitis, encephalitis) after birth that has caused damage to the pituitary gland or hypothalamus, preventing the body from producing and releasing sufficient amounts of growth hormone-releasing hormone or growth hormone, which eventually leads to growth disorders.
Other hormonal problems, such as thyroid hormone deficiency, excessive cortisol, precocious puberty, and some non-hormonal problems, including congenital disorders (Turner syndrome, Prader-Willi syndrome), and small-born children, can affect a child’s height growth. There are also some children who have growth disorders for which no cause can be found and are called idiopathic short stature disorder.
In conclusion, there are many factors that affect growth and development: genetics, endocrine, nutrition, disease, maternal and pregnancy conditions and external environment, and growth hormone deficiency is the main cause of growth disorders in children.
How to deal with growth problems in children?
Early detection: When children are found to have problems such as “short stature, delayed growth, baby face, thickened subcutaneous fat, delayed skeleton, delayed sexual development”, parents should be alerted to the existence of growth disorders Early diagnosis: Once you suspect that your child has a growth disorder, you should immediately consult a pediatric growth specialist. The doctor will diagnose whether the child has a growth disorder and the cause through a series of professional examinations.
Early treatment: When a child is diagnosed with a growth disorder, the doctor will use a series of methods and medications to treat it.
Growth Hormone Treatment Since 1985, growth hormone has been successfully used in the treatment of growth hormone deficiency. The treatment usually lasts until puberty, and if it is kept up, it will have a significant effect on the child’s growth and development.
Helping children grow physically taller Children will begin to show the effects of treatment after 3 to 6 months of growth hormone therapy. During the first year of treatment, most children will grow 2…4 times faster than they did before treatment. Over time, this faster than normal growth rate slows down, but is still faster than without growth hormone treatment.
It helps the child’s psychological growth. After growth hormone treatment, the child’s height will be similar to that of children of the same age; he or she will gradually have a more mature appearance; he or she will reach normal adult height; all of which will have a positive impact on the child’s psychological growth.