What are the main reasons why children are short in stature

After the disease of short stature appears, it will affect the child's body, and it is also a kind of torture for the child's psychology, which needs to be done in time, and we parents should pay attention to the prevention work in life, so what are the main reasons for the child's short stature?

Short stature refers to a child's height being less than 2 standard deviations (-2SD) of the average height of children of the same sex, age and race, and the growth rate is less than 5 cm per year. The following conditions suggest that the child has slow growth: the child's growth rate is less than 7 cm years before the age of 3 years; 3 years old to puberty, less than 5 cm years; Puberty is less than 6 cm years.

Occurrence of short stature**.

1.Familial short stature: Generally, if the parents are short, the children are also short. Sometimes there is a phenomenon of intergenerational inheritance, where the parents are not short, but the grandparents or aunts and uncles are short, and the children are also short.

2.Endocrine system abnormalities, such as hypothyroidism, diabetes and pituitary dwarfism, can cause short stature. Among them, pituitary dwarfism is a short stature caused by the decrease in growth hormone secretion, which is often talked about, and is called growth hormone deficiency (GHD).

3.Central nervous system diseases: such as hypoxia before or during birth leading to neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, hydrocephalus, brain tumors, brain surgery, severe trauma, etc. can cause short stature.

4.Chronic wasting diseases: such as gastrointestinal malabsorption in childhood, uremia, liver dysfunction, congenital heart disease, etc., can cause short stature.

5.Chromosomal abnormalities: usually congenital genetic disorders such as congenital stupidity (trisomy 21), congenital hypogonadal dysgenesis syndrome (Turner's syndrome), etc.

6.Intrauterine dysplasia: due to the lack of oxygen, infection, malnutrition and other reasons in the mother's body, the fetus can be caused by poor growth in the womb, the height and weight at birth are lower than that of the new children of the same gestational age, and the height retardation often occurs after birth, and the final height is short.

7.Bone disease: such as poor cartilage, spinal deformity, etc., can cause short stature.

8.Others: Metabolic diseases such as renal tubular acidosis and hepatic glycogen storage can cause short stature.

9.Growth hormone deficiency or insufficient secretion leads to a height that does not grow normally (commonly referred to as dwarfism, ghd), and without growth hormone replacement**, the final height can only reach about 130 cm.

Short stature is caused by many reasons, including genetic factors, diseases, lifestyle habits, etc., common growth hormone deficiency, precocious puberty and other factors, if the child is found to be shorter than his peers, it is recommended to go to the hospital for systematic examination, find out the cause, and then carry out scientific intervention.

Resulting in a child of short stature

The main factor of the small factor is DU: growth stimulation.

Zhi deficiency, idiopathic short stature, intrauterine growth retardation short stature, Turner's syndrome, central precocious puberty, congenital achondroplasia. In addition, various chronic diseases of the heart, kidneys, and lungs, some genetic diseases, as well as children's nutrition, psychological factors, and environment, will affect children's growth and height to varying degrees. How to grow taller?

Experts suggest that after understanding the factors that lead to short stature, it is best to go to a special hospital for diagnostic examination, under the guidance of a doctor, find out, formulate a reasonable height increase plan, and recommend the use of highfit, the height increase system is a height increase program developed by Sinnotech Int IIC International **** in Canada. In the United States, GF was rated as the most advanced, scientific and safest height increase products, in 2010, GF sales in the United States ranked first in the height increase products, and now has entered various countries around the world, helping millions of small compatriots to realize the dream of height. In addition, experts remind that short stature is also a disease, which needs to be treated in time, and do not miss the best opportunity.

Resulting in a child height ratio.

The reason for the shorter DU is also comparative.

The first thing to consider may be the DAO

Genetic factors, growth hormone deficiency or insufficient secretion. Certain metabolic diseases and malnutrition. Familial short stature is mainly caused by a disorder of growth hormone secretion by the pituitary gland, and chromosomal abnormalities can cause the child's height to grow.

Once it is found that the child has a problem, parents should take the child to a regular pediatric specialist for examination in time to find out the cause in order to treat the symptoms**.

What exactly determines height?

Many parents think that their children's height is "born", in fact, in addition to genetics, the factors that determine height also include endocrine, nutritional metabolism, psychology, sleep, exercise and many other aspects.

One: Heredity. According to research, 75% of a person's final height depends on genetic factors. That is, in general, parents are tall, and children are tall; Parents are short in stature, and so are their children.

Son's adult height = (father's height + mother's height + 13 cm) 2;

Daughter's adult height = (father's height + mother's height - 13 cm) 2.

However, parental height is not the only factor that affects the height of a child. In life, there are also cases where parents are not high, but their children are "outstanding".

Two: nutrition. Height is "piled up" by nutrients, and protein is the main "building material" of the human body.

Even if you have good genetics, if you are malnourished, you will not grow taller. In addition, "mental nutrition" will also determine the size of the child. If a child grows up in an environment that lacks the warmth of the family, he is often shorter than children of the same age.

Three: normal development.

There are several factors that can affect a child's normal development.

Precocious puberty: Children with precocious puberty develop their bones early, but they also close early, and end up being taller than children with normal development.

Lack of sleep: Lack of sleep, which has an important impact on height.

Posture: Some children do not pay much attention to the correct posture of standing, sitting, walking, reading and writing, and habitually bow their heads, shoulder ends, chests, and hunchbacks, resulting in deformation of the spine, which will affect the growth of 1-5 cm in height.

Four: Disease. Diseases such as chronic gastroenteritis and heart disease that cause nutrient absorption disorders will make the child's body not nutritious enough and the height cannot grow normally. There are also some diseases that directly affect height, such as low thyroid, pituitary gland function, etc.

Five: region, climate.

There is indeed a difference in height between people from the North and the South.

The climate in the north is cold, and the people who live there have a slow metabolism, most of them have a late development time, and their basal height is higher, so they are taller; People living in tropical areas, because the climate is warm or hot, the human body has a fast metabolism, most of them develop early puberty, and their basal height is low, so they will be shorter.

The seasons also affect how long people "grow".

The survey found that children's growth rate is fastest in May and slowest in October, so children should be provided with enough nutrition around May.

Some parents in the process of children's growth and development, for the child's height problem is very high, especially parents are short, but want the child to grow tall, in fact, the child's height problem is related to many reasons, so what is the reason for the child's short stature?

There are many factors that can contribute to a child's short stature, such as because either the father or the mother is very short or all of them are too short. In the case of pregnancy, because the mother does not eat very nutritious ingredients, it will cause the child to have poor nutrition in the case of growth and development, until after birth, if it is not carried out on time to fill or the child's body has any problems, it will lead to short stature. However, there are other reasons why a child may be shorter.

In some children, due to medical conditions, such as dwarfism, or growing up, a lack of child growth hormone can lead to short stature. There are also some children who often eat some unhealthy foods or overnutrition due to the process of growing up, and the situation of maturity occurs, which will lead to short height.

In order for the child to have a healthy body and mind and to have a normal stature, it is important to ensure that the parents do not have some symptoms such as short stature, and that they need to be proactive in carrying out examinations until after pregnancy. In addition, it is also necessary to improve the nutrition of the body after pregnancy, only when the nutrition is comprehensive, the child can grow and develop normally, if there is no nutrition, the child will undoubtedly be short.

In addition, if the child does not sleep well, it is also the reason why the child becomes taller. During the period from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m., the pituitary gland secretes growth hormone rapidly, so if you haven't entered the state of sleep at this time, growth hormone will stop secreting, and you can't grow taller. Parents should go to bed before 10 p.m. and let their children sleep.

When you notice that your child is short in stature, you should also check for your child's sleep problems.

There is also a situation that is caused by the lack of calcium in the child's body, which causes the child to be short in stature, and parents can take the child to check the trace elements and supplement calcium in a timely manner.

*Some of the pharmaceutical science involved in this article is for reference only. If there is any discomfort, it is recommended to see a doctor immediately, and the diagnosis will be confirmed by offline medical treatment, and medical treatment is the standard.

Genetic causes, malnutrition, lack of exercise, calcium deficiency are related.

The lack of calcium in the body and the slow growth rate may be due to genetic reasons, and it may be caused by the child's picky eater, or because of the lack of nutritional supplementation during pregnancy.