A child’s short height may be related to the following factors: The first is genetic. The growth potential of a child’s height is closely related to the average height of his or her parents, which accounts for about 70 percent. Using the following formula, the expected height of a child can be deduced from the parents’ height: boy height = (father’s height + mother’s height + 13)/2(±5cm), girl height = (father’s height + mother’s height – 13)/2(±5cm). So the genetic height of a child is not based on the height of only one of the fathers or mothers, but the average height of the parents. If the child’s height is not where it should be for genetic height, it is important to look further for other reasons that affect height.
The second is the function of the endocrine glands. The main endocrine hormones that affect height growth are growth hormone, thyroid hormone and sex hormones. Growth hormone is necessary for regulating the normal growth of the human body from birth to adulthood, and its secretion increases in cases of deep sleep, exercise, and low blood sugar, while it decreases in cases of psychological depression, brain tumors, and treatment with glucocorticoids. Therefore, lack of growth hormone or insensitivity to growth hormone, hypothyroidism, precocious puberty and early epiphyseal closure, and excessive psychological stress can all lead to short stature or short stature.
The third is the influence of systemic diseases. Severe congenital heart disease and cardiac insufficiency, severe asthma and pulmonary insufficiency, chronic renal insufficiency and renal tubular acidosis, chronic diarrhea and liver disease, diabetes mellitus, etc. can cause growth disorders and lead to short stature or short stature. Long-term use of certain drugs such as glucocorticoids can also inhibit the growth of children. Therefore, if your child is short or short in stature, you should do a comprehensive examination to rule out the possibility of these diseases.
The fourth is the influence of external factors. The main ones are nutrition, exercise and sleep. Sufficient calories, high quality protein, various vitamins, minerals and essential trace elements such as calcium, iron and zinc are the material basis for normal growth of children, and the younger the child is, the greater the influence of nutrition. Severe rickets and iron and zinc deficiency can cause growth lag. Exercise and sleep can promote the secretion of growth hormone, so nutritional deficiency or imbalance, exercise and sleep deficiency can lead to short stature or short.