Short stature in children?
Reasons 👇
Parents are always worried about their children’s height. They begin to compare him with other children of the same age to make sure that they are developing normally. The best way to know the appropriate weight and height for a child according to his age is to follow his growth on the child’s growth chart.
🔸 The most important causes of short stature:
✅ Familial short stature: This means that one or both parents are short.
✅ Pathological short stature: It is caused by malnutrition or lack of nutrition in children.
✅Hormonal short stature: It results from a lack of growth hormone secretion from the pituitary gland and leads to slow and delayed growth
Diagnosis of short stature includes:
A virtual examination by a doctor, measuring height, knowing weight, and knowing the family history of the condition And some medical tests and examinations, such as 👇
Growth hormone test And a complete blood count to determine whether there is a blood disease or not.
Ensure that girls do not develop Turner’s condition.
👈 Analysis of thyroid hormones and liver functions.
👈 Various x-rays to ensure that there are no tumors.
Treatment for short stature in children depends on the cause of short stature.
In the case of natural short stature that changes with time, it does not require treatment.
🔸Some resort to surgical intervention to treat short stature in children if there is a tumor that affects the activity of growth hormone.
👈Including continuing to eat healthy foods such as: eggs on a daily basis and eating fish and milk on a regular basis
👈 Follow a balanced diet that is rich in calcium.
👈 Obtaining vitamin D3 on a daily basis in the simplest way, which is exposure to the sun.
👈 Completely stay away from processed foods, preservatives and artificial dyes.
👈 Exercising regularly, with the importance of staying away from violent sports to avoid pressure on the bones and joints. 🌷And doing exercises that help tighten and strengthen the muscles