Short stature will affect people’s lives, but not all short people have dwarfism. So what is the height considered to be short stature?

Clinically, human body height has corresponding height index according to different age groups. For example, a 14-year-old boy's height cannot be less than 158cm, and a girl's height cannot be less than 153cm. The height of a 15-year-old boy must not be less than 163cm, and the height of a girl must not be less than 154cm. Because in 15-year-old children, the epiphyseal lines of the tibial tuberosities on both sides are not completely closed, so children may still grow taller without special treatment.

In addition, in order to promote the body to grow taller, children can be instructed to participate in regular physical exercises. For example, they can often play basketball, badminton, swimming and other sports. But also develop good living habits, go to bed early and get up early.

You must know that developing good living habits is the basis for growth. Generally, we think of running, high jumping and other sports as growth plate stimulation exercises. The growth plate is like a spring. When you lie down to sleep at night, the growth plate will release the pressure it received during the day, and the growth plate will slowly return to its original position. Stretching before bed can help teenagers' growth plates (spine, thigh bones, knees and ankles) release stress from throughout the day, using scientific and healthy exercise principles to help growth.

Some children with short stature can easily affect their health and therefore need to be treated. So how should children with short stature be treated?

If the child has primary short stature, or due to insufficient secretion of growth hormone, growth hormone can be used for treatment. If the child is caused by premature puberty, the child can be treated with growth hormone. Another situation is that there may be some nutritional feeding problems. At this time, the children's dietary structure should be changed, eating habits should be improved, and the children's eating problems should be fundamentally solved. In order to increase children's exercise, especially bouncing exercise, and actively supplement children's micronutrients, it is also necessary to pay attention to children's sleep conditions and ensure that children enter a deep sleep state before secreting growth hormone.

Children with dwarfism should be allowed to eat more protein-containing foods, such as eggs, fish, soy products and dairy products, as well as foods rich in calcium and zinc. They should not have a partial eclipse or overeating. At the same time, you should also stay away from ice cream and carbonated drinks. Excessive obesity is not conducive to growing taller. Since the clinical emphasis on dwarfism is early detection, early diagnosis and early treatment, the younger the child, the stronger the proliferation and differentiation ability of the epiphyseal cartilage layer, the greater the space and potential for growth, and the better the growth-promoting effect of drugs.

Some people are born shorter, but they do not have dwarfism. So how to better identify dwarfism?

Before the age of 3, the annual height growth is less than 7cm; before the age of 3 years old, the annual height growth is less than 5cm; during adolescence, the annual height growth is less than 6cm, this is dwarfism. Most children with dwarfism can grow taller through drug treatment. The main thing is to find out the cause of the disease and then carry out targeted treatment. Short stature caused by hypothyroidism can be treated with thyroxine.

Growth hormone is the most important factor in promoting human growth, especially for children before puberty. Growth hormone can stimulate the growth of cartilage and long bones in children with dwarfism, making the bones wider, but has a smaller effect on promoting bone formation. Growth hormone is an ideal drug for treating growth hormone deficiency dwarfism caused by different causes. Exercise is also a way to promote the secretion of growth hormone, but the continuity of exercise must be maintained. Children with dwarfism should not do too strenuous exercise to avoid causing hypoxia, which is not conducive to growth.