Spring is the season of growing tall, many parents in order to make the baby height "sneak a channel", can be described as hollowing out the mind: jump rope, drink milk, supplement vitamin D... Routine operations can no longer satisfy parents, but also have to predict the future of the "black technology" - bone age. These years have indeed been very popular in the mother's circle:
Think that the child is short, want to measure; worry that the child grows too fast, use up the potential, want to measure; think that the child is not sick, curious how tall can grow, want to measure...
Today we will talk about bone age: do you want to measure, accurate or inaccurate, can you help in the child's growth?
First, there are no special circumstances, and routine bone age measurement is not recommended before the age of 6
In fact, its principle is very simple:
When we were just born, some bones did not develop, but with age, the ossification center gradually appeared, and slowly developed, which is more typical of the 8 sesamoid bones of the wrist bone.
In the early days, the bone age is judged by taking X-rays of the wrist bone, and then comparing the results with the map, which is closer to which age group, the bone age is considered to be at several years old.
Later, the detection method was continuously improved, and now many institutions have introduced artificial intelligence systems to assist in judging bone age to eliminate the interference of subjective factors of doctors.
However, no matter how advanced the method, the standard of bone age is summarized according to the general law, but the individual differences in child development are very large, especially in early childhood, so the diagnostic value of bone age assessment is limited. Routine testing for bone age is not recommended for children under 6 years of age.
Second, if you want your child to grow taller, don't step on these minefields
Many parents take their children to measure bone age, are not satisfied with the height predicted by bone age, and hope that their children will grow taller, and they will seek various methods. Almost all parents have the wish to make their children tall, but pay attention to ways and methods, some minefields, do not step on.
1. Don't ignore some abnormal signals
Earlier we said that there is no special period of time is not recommended to measure bone age before the age of 6 years old, but some cases, it is necessary to take the baby to check in time.
For example, children are short, medically short, refers to children who are less than 97% of the same age, the same sex, and the same region, below the bottom line of the height curve, taking a 4-year-old boy as an example, if the height is less than 95cm, you must take the child to the doctor in time.
2. Do not use drugs indiscriminately
Appropriate calcium supplementation and VD supplementation, drinking more milk, are good for bone development, and it is also good for children to grow tall. But some oral drugs, health care products, publicity directly said that can increase the height, really do not recommend children to eat!
Light is not a waste of money, short-term real effect, may contain sex hormones, will lead to precocious puberty.
3. Exercise should not be excessive
Proper exercise can promote bone growth, but excessive exercise is harmful to bone health.
When exercising with children, be sure to master the degree. And do not carry out a single sport, in addition to jumping rope, running, swimming, basketball, volleyball and many other sports can help children grow taller. Doing a variety of exercises, exercising in different places, can help avoid sports injuries.
4. Diet should not be excessive
A balanced diet can help children grow taller, but if they eat too much, it will affect their height: eating too much dinner will affect the child's sleep, indirectly affect the secretion of growth hormone, and affect the growth of height.
If you eat too much for a long time, the baby will have problems such as overweight and obesity, which increases the risk of precocious puberty and affects the height of the baby after adulthood.
When eating, try to focus on the child's opinion, do not force the feeding.
5. Sleeping enough is more important than going to bed early
Studies have found that the total time and quality of sleep have the greatest impact on growth hormone secretion, rather than the time it takes to fall asleep.
As for what time to sleep, we can push back from the wake-up time, as long as the total sleep time can be guaranteed. When it comes to weekends, holidays and other days that do not require early rise, it is okay to get up a little later.
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