Q: What is dwarfism?
A: Dwarfism refers to children whose height is less than 2 standard deviations from the average height of children of the same sex, age and race, and whose growth rate is less than 5 cm per year.
Q: What is slow height growth?
A: Infants under 3 years of age with growth rate less than 7 cm/year, 3 years of age to pre-pubertal growth rate less than 3-5 cm/year, and puberty growth rate less than 5-6 cm/year are all considered slow height growth.
Q: What are the common causes of slow growth?
A: 1. Lack of or insufficient secretion of growth hormone; 2. Precocious growth cycle shortening; 3. Intrauterine growth retardation; 4. Hypothyroidism; 5. Familial short stature; 6. Other nutritional diseases and psychological problems, etc.
Q: What are the screening methods for dwarfism?
A: 1. X-ray examination of bone age to determine the growth potential of bones; 2. Blood sampling to check the level of growth hormone and thyroid hormone in the body; 3. Whole body examination to understand the collective development; 4. Comprehensive developmental assessment.
Q: What treatments are available for dwarfism?
A: 1. Adjustment of digestion and absorption; 2. Improvement of body nutrition; 3. Sleep and exercise; 4. Supplementation of trace elements; 5. Supplementation of growth hormone; 6. Adjustment of food structure and reduction of intake of hormone-containing food, etc.