I. What is dwarfism?
★ Parents should pay attention if they find that their children have the following performance.
1.Children are more than half a head shorter than their peers; (Parents should pay attention to those who are 3-5 in the bottom of the class excluding age factor)
2, slow growth, a pair of pants for 2-3 years.
Experts recommend: According to the formula for height of children aged 2-10: height = 7 times age + 70cm, children who are 5-10cm below the above result are short.
★Children who grow less than 4 cm a year should pay attention!
Generally speaking, if the height of a patient of the same race, sex and age is more than two standard deviations below the average height of the normal population or below the third percentile in a similar environment, he or she can be diagnosed with dwarfism.
Expert recommendation: the rate of height growth of a child can also be used as a criterion for judging.
1.The growth rate of infants and children under 3 years old is less than 7 cm/year;
2. 3 years old and before puberty, the growth rate is less than 3-5 cm/year;
3. puberty growth rate is less than 5-6 cm/year, are slow growth.
Parents should grasp the basic growth pattern of their children and record their height in detail every year. If they find that their children grow slower than their peers during the growth period, even less than 4 cm a year, they should be alerted and take them to the pediatric health care or endocrine clinic of a children’s hospital for systematic examination.
What causes dwarfism?
There are many causes of dwarfism, except for family inheritance, most of them are caused by diseases. Endocrine diseases cause more than 50% of clinical dwarfism patients, the most common of which is pituitary gland growth hormone secretion disorder.
Most children with growth hormone deficiency start to show slow growth after the age of 1 year. They tend to show proportional dwarfism and may be adults in their 20s, but they always have a baby face and even still have a childish voice, yet they have the same intelligence as normal people.
If these children are not treated with growth hormone, they will become what we call “little dwarfs”, usually only about 1.45 meters tall for men and no more than 1.35 meters tall for women.
When is the “golden period” to treat dwarfism?
Experts point out that 3-16 years old is the “golden period” for children’s height growth, and it is also the best time to help patients with dwarfism grow in height. As long as early detection and early treatment, the affected children can completely reach the normal height.
Most people with dwarfism can grow taller with medication, but the key is to find out the cause of dwarfism and carry out targeted treatment.
4.How can I make my child grow taller?
To make your child grow fast, you should not give your child too many snacks, and fried junk food, which are prone to nutrient deficiencies and malnutrition, and insufficient intake to make the body cells consume their own proteins, causing growth to slow down or even stop.
In addition, but also to do the following aspects.
1, children should consume enough protein and vitamins every day;
2, reasonable exercise can promote growth;
3, sufficient sleep is conducive to growth;
4. Active treatment of recurrent diseases, for example, respiratory infections, diarrhea, etc.
5. Drug treatment. Different treatment methods are used according to the type of dwarfism, and the drugs mainly include thyroxine treatment and growth hormone treatment.