China’s children dwarf incidence rate of about 3%, 4 to 15 years of age growth retardation dwarf children amounted to 7 million, but each year really accept the reasonable treatment of less than 30,000 children. 65% of parents in the short height of the child, the first consideration will be the use of height-boosting health care products, and even blindly into the supplement, delayed the child’s growth of the best time, and it is too late to regret. Children do not grow in error? “Mistake in cognition” rely on age to determine the development status × development process must look at the bone age √ many parents do not understand the slow growth of children’s knowledge, more than half of the parents do not know 0-3 years old on the need to observe the baby’s height; more than 1/3 of the parents do not have the habit of scientific measurements of the child’s height; 30% of the parents mistakenly believe that as long as nutritional Thirty percent of parents mistakenly believe that as long as nutrition keeps up, their height can catch up; after discovering their children’s shortness, they still adhere to the misconception that “children may grow late and will soar when they are older” and delay the best time for treatment. Many parents rely on age to judge the child’s development, which is a big misunderstanding. Age is only a kind of ‘timer’ for the process of growth and development. To judge the development process of a child, bone age is a reliable and objective indicator. The key to human growth lies in the growth of the long bones, and when the epiphyses close, i.e., the two neighboring long bones “stick” together, most people will not grow any taller. Typically, the epiphyses close when a girl’s bones are over 14 years old and a boy’s bones are over 16 years old. Therefore, treatment needs to be done before the epiphyses close. To determine whether the epiphysis is closed, just take an orthopantomogram of the left hand and wrist and do a bone age test. Parents are reminded to watch their children’s growth rate. If you find that your child grows less than 7 centimeters per year before the age of 3, and less than 5 centimeters per year between the age of 3 and puberty, you should take your child to the hospital for examination as early as possible. “Mistake in the treatment” Count on “height” health products or supplements × Lack of growth hormone needs to be scientifically supplemented √ found that the child does not grow, many parents always think that it is just a lack of nutrients, lack of calcium, so they buy a variety of health products or supplements, but this will only delay the best time for treatment. But this will only delay the best time for treatment. In fact, the current market boasts that can increase the height of the health care products, mostly in the nutritional aspects of the article. This is essentially different from supplementing with growth hormone to grow taller. For the disease of growth backwardness, such as growth hormone deficiency of children, by eating nutrients have no effect. In addition, some health products and the so-called pure traditional Chinese medicine preparations may have illegal additives, the child ate into the short-term does grow taller, but it will cause precocious puberty, affecting the final height. At present, China has not approved any ‘height’ effect of health products. There are many diseases that cause dwarfism, such as growth hormone deficiency, idiopathic dwarfism, less than the age of the fetus and so on. Once diagnosed with dwarfism must be treated, the important means of treatment is to supplement the growth hormone, but the fear of hormone and the fear of many parents beat a retreat. This has resulted in China’s children with dwarfism receiving treatment at a later age, 70% at 10-13 years old. In foreign countries, the average age of growth hormone deficiency dwarf patients treatment is 6 years old. Starting treatment at an older age, the growth period is shorter, and early treatment can maximize the adult height of the child. Large-scale clinical confirmation, growth hormone treatment can make growth hormone deficiency dwarf children average annual height increase of 8-13 cm, strictly regulated use of growth hormone is safe. See if your child is growing slower? Slower growth is often one of the early signals of dwarfism. Every parent should pay attention to their child’s growth rate and emphasize on measuring the baby’s height to detect the problem early. Children grow at different rates at different times: 1, full-term babies are about 50 centimeters long at birth, and less than 47 centimeters suggests intrauterine growth retardation; 2, at 1 year old, height increases by 25 centimeters to reach about 75 centimeters; 3, at 2 years old, height increases by 10 centimeters to reach about 85 centimeters; 4, from 3 years old to 12 years old, the average annual increase in height is 5-7 centimeters; 5, puberty increases by 8-12 centimeters per year, lasting for 2-12 years; 5, puberty increases by 8-12 centimeters per year, lasting for 2-3 years. 12 centimeters per year during puberty, which lasts for 2-3 years. The formula for estimating height from 2 to 12 years of age is: age x 7 + 70 centimeters.