If you are a short child, you will hang up general internal medicine in the community hospital. If you go to a third-class first-class hospital, you will hang up the endocrinology department. If the average patient 14 years old or older, he will be admitted to the endocrinology department of a third-class first-class hospital. Short stature is often caused by genetic factors, too little secretion of thyroid hormone, or disorder of growth hormone secreted by hypothalamus-pituitary system. Some patients with malnutrition and abnormal development may also be short stature, so they should go to the hospital for specific examination. If it is because of the decrease of thyroid hormone, in addition to short stature, children's intelligence will also have certain obstacles, and treatment should be carried out according to specific conditions.

Clinically, patients with short stature can go to orthopedics and endocrinology and metabolism for physical examination. Patients can usually choose X-ray films of wrist joints to determine the closure of epiphyseal line of joints and the differentiation degree of ossification centers such as wrist, metacarpal, lower ulna and radius, so as to judge the future height and development of patients.

At the same time, it can also be combined with corresponding laboratory tests, such as the determination of growth hormone level and the determination of the metabolic level of 25- hydroxyvitamin D, to determine whether there is a cause of endocrine metabolism. Patients themselves should also pay attention to avoid bad habits such as staying up late, and at the same time exercise more, with high-quality protein, calcium-containing food and other comprehensive conditioning, which will have a positive effect on height and growth and development.