Dwarfism has become another big enemy of children’s health after obesity and premature aging! Nowadays, the quality of life has improved significantly, why dwarfism patients are on the rise. In addition to the well-known genetic and disease factors, poor lifestyle is increasingly becoming an important cause of the increase in children with dwarfism. Experts frankly say that this cause should draw the attention of parents more than heredity, so as not to ruin their children’s future happiness because of their negligence.
Lack of sleep is an important cause of stunting and short stature in children. Because the lack of good rest will seriously inhibit the secretion of growth hormone in the child’s body. Experts say that 10 p.m. is the time when children’s growth hormone secretion is the most vigorous, and nowadays young parents tend to watch TV or socialize outside to affect their children’s sleep. In addition, if the mother does not have a good sleep routine during pregnancy will also affect the child’s sleep. Lack of exercise is another important reason for the increase of dwarfism, but due to the increase of study pressure and computer network, children nowadays have less and less time to exercise.
Serious nutritional imbalance has become an important reason for the unsatisfactory growth and development of children. The growth and development of children need various nutrients such as protein, fat and carbohydrates. However, more than 80% of children have a serious imbalance in nutritional intake. The most intake of the day is fried food, hamburgers, chocolate and other sugar-rich or high-calorie foods, and the opportunity to eat vegetables, coarse grains and other grains and cereals is very little. The imbalance in dietary structure will inevitably lead to insufficient intake of calcium, iron, zinc and other nutrients that promote the growth and development of children. Over time, this will make the child appear short and fat, stunted and other situations.
Today’s parents let their children eat a variety of health supplements and so-called height-enhancing drugs. “And some health food claiming to enhance resistance and increase a certain nutrient in the illegal addition of sex hormones. Sex hormones can enhance a child’s appetite and accelerate his or her growth and development for a short period of time. However, the child’s development is advanced, causing premature epiphyseal closure, and the time of termination of development will be correspondingly advanced, while causing endocrine disorder in the human body, and some children will not grow up.” Among the “short” patients seen in the hospital’s professional outpatient clinic, about a quarter of them have used health food indiscriminately. In addition to the sex hormones added in health food, some children with weak constitution and chronic diseases take long-term supplements to improve their immunity, but they will play a role similar to that of sex hormones. In addition, as the number of divorced families increases, children suffering from psychological dwarfism (also called mental deprivation dwarfism) are beginning to appear. “A growing child’s young mind can be traumatized by a broken or discordant family, abandonment, the unfortunate loss of both parents, drastic changes in the surrounding environment or abuse. Under the influence of these psychological factors, the child’s growth hormone secretion will have difficulty reaching its peak, and growth will be delayed or stalled, resulting in short stature.”
Experts remind that there is a “formula” for height standards “Although parents are very concerned about their children’s height, we find that most parents are confused about what height their children should be at each period.” If a child’s growth rate is below the following values: infancy (under 3 years old): below 7 cm/year; childhood (3 years old – pre-puberty): below 4-5 cm/year; puberty below 5.5-6.5 cm/year, and the parents’ height is not short, it is necessary for parents to take the child to If the parents are not short, it is necessary to take the child to a regular hospital to examine the cause of the child’s “failure to grow”. At the same time, the child’s height will be monitored regularly. The doctor will take a series of tests such as medical history, physical examination, bone age film and growth hormone test to identify the cause and take targeted treatment.