Jiangao Growth House Haohao was diagnosed with “diabetes” when he was 3 years old, his mom and dad were doing business overseas, and Haohao usually lived with his grandmother, so his blood sugar was not well controlled. Now HaoHao is 6 years old, and his height is only 107cm. Grandma often takes him to the hospital, and the doctor says it is caused by diabetes.
Various acute and chronic diseases that cause physiological disorders can have a direct impact on the growth and development of children. The degree of impact depends on the location of the lesion, the length of the disease and the severity of the condition.
The impact of diseases on children’s bodies are as follows: 1. Diseases with minimal impact on growth Generally, the impact of acute diseases on growth is temporary, especially if the body is in good nutritional condition, and can recover quickly.
2.Diseases that have an impact on growth but can be recovered cause insufficient feeding, such as diseases of the digestive tract, recurrent or persistent infectious diseases, especially when accompanied by poor nutritional status, pediatric growth and development is often hindered and becomes delayed. However, when the disease is cured, it is possible to catch up growth completely.
3. There are effects on growth that are not recoverable or cannot be fully recovered such as chromosomal abnormalities, intrauterine dysplasia, endocrine diseases, bone and cartilage development disorders, diabetes mellitus, severe congenital heart disease, and chronic renal insufficiency. For these major, systemic diseases, if they are incurable, the effects on growth are irreversible and permanent; if they are transient and have been cured, their effects may be mitigated, or they may still have long-term effects on future growth.
During the growth and development period of children, we should actively prevent and control common diseases and multi-morbidities, and treat treat treatable primary diseases causing growth disorders as early as possible to avoid long-term or permanent damage to growth and development.