Growth problems in children can be a sign of many health problems. These problems may be long-term diseases such as nutritional disorders, chronic infections, kidney disease, etc., or they may be endocrine disorders.
Is my child shorter than normal?
Your physician It measures your child's height and tells you whether he or she is short by comparing it with other children of the same age and gender.
Short stature and growth retardation are different concepts!..
While your doctor examines your child for other reasons, he or she also takes height and weight measurements. In this way, he sees whether he is growing as much as he should over time.
The most important point you should pay attention to in this regard: Are your child's clothes or shoes shrinking over time? If you do not see this shrinkage, it would be appropriate to consult a physician.
If my child is short, does this necessarily mean a medical problem?
A) He is short. Some children may have a medical problem. These problems may include:
Being too thin
Having a long-term disease (kidney, heart, digestive system, etc.)
Growth A condition called hormone deficiency
Some congenital conditions
B) Normally, some children may be short. The reasons for this may be:
Because one of their parents is short
There are children who grow slower than normal. In this case, called "structural growth delay", since the child grows slowly, the rapid growth period seen in adolescence occurs later, so children appear shorter than their peers. But usually the end of their growth occurs later, that is, they do not become short when they reach adulthood.
* A child may have growth retardation even though he is not short, or he may have a growth retardation when he is normally short. The child may not have growth retardation.
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