A few days ago, a mother brought her daughter to see me, saying that the child is 11 and a half years old, has been on menstrual leave for 1 year, and looked good last year, but it has not grown much in the past six months, and is currently 147 tall and relatively strong.
After a detailed examination, I found that the child had reached the standard of late puberty, with a bone age report of 13 and a half years, 2 years older than his actual age, little room left for growth, and an estimated adult height of about 150.
After listening to what I said, my mother found it difficult to accept, because according to the genetics of the child in about 160, my mother was particularly annoyed that she took the child to see the height 2 years ago, when the bone age was half a year old, the height was 136, the breast was developed, and the basic value of sex hormones was not high.
If the mother could carefully observe the child's development at that time, go for a re-examination every 3 months or half a year, and find the problem in time, she would not have left such a big regret now.
I still have to say a word here, if the girl has breast development, the bone age is less than 1 year ahead of the year, the corresponding height is okay, and no additional intervention is required, but this does not mean that parents can ignore it, and must be reviewed regularly, generally half a year.
With these 5 symptoms, it is difficult for children to grow taller
In fact, whether the child can grow taller or not, are traceable, from birth to the end of adolescence in the past ten years, if there are the following 5 manifestations, it means that the child's height is damaged, parents should pay attention to it.
1. The height and weight of the birth are small, and I haven't caught up after chasing for three years
It is difficult for this type of child to catch up with his height by adjusting his diet, nutrition, exercise, and sleep, and if he wants to grow taller, it is best to see a doctor as soon as possible.
2. I have been sitting in the first row of the class, and my clothes have not been small for 3 years
After the child is 3 years old, there will be a plateau period for height growth, the annual growth rate is about 5-7cm, if the child's growth speed is less than 5cm, the height will only get shorter and shorter, if parents do not have the Xi of measuring the height of their children, then look at the height ranking of the child in the class, if you sit in the first row for a long time, the clothes are not small after 3 years, quickly take the child to see, the sooner the better!
3. The height suddenly jumps very fast
If the child's height grows more than 7cm per year, it may mean that the child has entered puberty, if the girl has reached the age of 9 and the boy has reached the age of 11, and the height and bone age match, the development will be developed, and regular re-examination can be done.
If you don't meet these conditions, you should see a doctor immediately.
4. The weight has always been chubby
Many elderly people like to raise their children to be fat, and they feel that if they are fatter, the children will grow taller and taller. But in fact, being overweight and obese is the stumbling block to health.
Obesity secretes estrogen, and high estrogen levels can cause accelerated progression of bone age, resulting in low growth. This situation is often encountered in clinical practice, as long as it is a fat child, the bone age is basically older than the actual age.
5. Early development
From the age of 3 to puberty, the child's annual growth rate is 5-7cm, and after entering puberty, it begins to accelerate. During normal adolescence, each child's height growth is not much different, so the higher the height accumulated before entering puberty, the better the child's lifelong height will be.
That is to say, if you enter puberty every night for a year, you can grow 5-7cm more, and similarly, if you enter puberty a year early, you will lose 5-7cm in height.
Therefore, if parents want their children to grow taller, before puberty, they should measure their bone age once a year, and after puberty, measure their bone age once every six months, pay attention to the development of their children's secondary sexual characteristics in time, and do not know how to determine how much the child has developed.