Understanding the various causes of short stature in children is the first step in prevention and treatment. According to experts, there are many causes of short stature, generally speaking, they can be divided into the following six categories: 1. Huang Ke, Department of Endocrinology, Children’s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine 2. Bone disease dwarfism Bone dysplasia causes dwarfism, including chondrodysplasia, bone formation insufficiency, etc.
3.Nutritional and metabolic disorders dwarfism Individuals with chronic diseases, nutritional disorders, uropathy, diabetes mellitus, etc.
4. Psychosocial dwarfism is also called emotional masking dwarfism. Medical doctors have recently pointed out that mental disorders can affect height.
5.Dwarfism with chromosomal abnormalities Chromosomal abnormalities can often manifest as dwarfism, such as congenital stupidity syndrome and congenital ovarian hypoplasia syndrome.
6.Other causes of dwarfism include familial dwarfism and delayed somatic puberty.
The prevention and treatment should grasp the “initiative”.
Most cases of dwarfism can be prevented and treated, including those with no obvious reasons for short stature.
The main points of prevention and treatment of dwarfism are as follows: 1. Children should be effectively monitored dynamically, and their height during growth and development should be recorded and analyzed in a timely manner. 2.
2. The nutritional status of children should be strengthened and improved so that their growth and development is on a good nutritional basis.
3.Actively prevent and treat chronic diseases. Effective treatment of multiple chronic diseases can avoid and reduce the occurrence of dwarfism.
4.Make children have a good psychological, social and emotional atmosphere.
5.Correct endocrine hormone abnormalities. Low growth hormone and thyroid hormone are the common causes of dwarfism.
6.Chondrogenic abnormalities are mainly due to vitamin D deficiency or incomplete action, thus causing imbalance of calcium and phosphorus metabolism in the body, which in turn affects bone development. Supplementation with cod liver oil, calcium, frequent sun exposure and vitamin D supplementation or active D3 are effective.