“Every winter and summer holidays many dwarf patients flock to the hospital.” Yesterday, the reporter from the Xiangya Second Hospital pediatrics interview when Professor Wang Xiuying introduced, winter and summer holidays is the peak period for dwarf patients to visit the clinic, but the children who come to the clinic . Some patients are 15 years old before their parents think of treatment. As a result, some children are too old for treatment and the results are not very satisfactory.
Professor Wang said that there are two natural physiological growth peaks in the human body: one is infancy and the other is puberty. 5-7 cm should grow each year after the age of 2 until puberty, i.e. the annual growth rate. if the annual growth rate during puberty is slow and the rapid growth during puberty is not ideal, it is likely to be short for life. Professor Wang said that parents should regularly monitor their children’s growth rate, and if they find that they are lagging behind, they should seek medical attention in time. If parents with the traditional idea of “children grow taller and then leap up”, this negligence may cast a shadow on their children’s future education, choice of profession, employment and marriage.
At the same time, Professor Wang also pointed out that: children with short stature should not abuse drugs to increase their height. Since today’s society has certain standards for height in many choices, a variety of height-enhancing drugs or devices have sprung up, such as all kinds of oral health products, calcium, zinc, height-enhancing insoles, height-enhancing devices and so on, and the list is endless. Many parents believe that their children are short, so they will not hesitate to spend a lot of money to invest in their children’s height. In fact, the selection of these height-enhancing drugs or equipment is quite delicate, and once parents have gone into the wrong area, they will help their children grow, which is very bad for their health.