Is the baby’s height of 82cm at the age of 2 years old a case of dwarfism?

Baby’s height of 82cm at the age of two cannot be clearly diagnosed as dwarfism. The height of a two-year-old baby is usually around 85cm, and a height of 82cm is slightly short, which may be related to genetic factors and growth retardation caused by poor feeding. If you suspect dwarfism, you can first take your baby to the pediatric internal medicine department for examination to clarify the cause of the disease and then treat it symptomatically. If the baby has no obvious other abnormal reactions at this stage, it may be caused by genetic genes and different feeding methods. Parents should pay more attention and add foods with high nutritional value to the baby, such as lean meat and seafood, and supplement foods with high protein and calcium content, such as milk and bone broth, which can promote the baby’s height growth. Generally two-year-old babies have some differences in height is a normal phenomenon, parents should not be too anxious. If parents are not sure, they can take their baby for growth hormone stimulation test and bone age test to confirm the cause. If the diagnosis of dwarfism is confirmed, you can use recombinant human growth hormone replacement therapy or oral sex hormone such as fluoxymesterolone as prescribed by your doctor, and keep an eye on your baby’s growth rate and skeletal development with regular review. In daily care, we should pay attention to ensure that the baby gets enough sleep, appropriate physical exercise and sufficient sunlight exposure, etc. We should also pay attention to balanced nutrition, but do not give the baby a lot of supplements that may contain hormones, so as not to stimulate early maturation of the child and cause dwarfism.