I. Hazards of short stature.
While many people with normal height are worried about “not high enough”, there is a group of short people who are less than 130-150 cm tall living around us. According to the survey: depression tendency of children with dwarfism is as high as 67% dwarfism makes them difficult in the way of school, work and love, and they can only live on people’s curiosity and sympathy in entertainment places. In today’s society, parents are paying more and more attention to their children’s height, which means they are concerned about their children’s future.
II. What is short stature.
The medical term short stature means that a child’s height is below the third percentile of the average height of normal children of the same race, age and sex or below two standard deviations of the average height is considered short.
Causes of short stature in children.
The causes of short stature include genetic factors, delayed somatic youth development, and short stature secondary to systemic diseases, such as growth hormone deficiency, precocious puberty, hypothyroidism and other endocrine diseases, among which short stature caused by endocrine diseases is the most common clinically and the most worthy of early diagnosis and early treatment.
Most of the endocrine disorders can be treated by medication, but the key is to find out the cause of the short stature of children and to carry out targeted treatment. At present, the most used drug is recombinant human growth hormone. The younger the child is, the more sensitive he or she is to drugs, the better the growth effect and the lower the cost required for treatment. Do not wait until the later stages of development, such as 15-18 years old, before consulting a doctor, when the epiphysis is close to closing and the growth potential is very small, resulting in lifelong regret for the child and parents.
Fourth, the child’s slow growth signals.
1. The growth rate of children is less than 7 cm/year before the age of 3
2. Less than 5 cm/year from the age of 3 to puberty
3, puberty is less than 6 cm / year
V. Common misconceptions of parents.
1, children do not grow is “late growth” blindly waiting, so that children miss the best time for treatment.
2, the arbitrary use of health care products, promoting early closure of the skeleton, but the final height reduction.
3.Running around and seeking doctors, which cost parents and children a lot of energy.
What should we do if we find that our children are short?
1. Go to the endocrinology specialty of pediatrics in regular hospitals.
2. Don’t consult doctors or use drugs indiscriminately
3. Don’t blindly listen to advertisements or use health care products at will (which can promote early epiphyseal closure and reduce the final height of children)
4. Early detection, early diagnosis and early treatment. The earlier the treatment, the better the efficacy and the lower the cost.
5, recombinant life in hormone is the only effective drug for the treatment of growth hormone deficiency.