Recently, many adolescent children came to the clinic to see their height, most of them are boys, they have a common characteristic, they are in late puberty, the height stopped growing for two or three years before they remembered to see, and asked for medication to promote growth, but unfortunately, it was too late at this time, and there was no medication.
Many parents are aware of the factor of "late growth", but if they all think that the child is short now because of late growth, it will naturally grow in adolescence, and if they do not go for examination and diagnosis, it will really delay the child's treatment and lead to short stature in adulthood.
There are many reasons that affect height, and today I will share with you 5 common factors that cause children to grow taller, hoping to attract parents' attention.
1. Heredity
As the saying goes, "three points of people and seven points of heaven", this sentence also applies to the height of children. Genetics account for 60%-70% of the influence of height, and the height of parents can predict the future height of their children to some extent.
Genetic height calculation formula:
Boy's height = (father's height + mother's height + 12)/2 (±5 cm)
Girl's height = (father's height + mother's height - 12)/2 (±5 cm)
However, the influence of genetics on height is not absolute, and if it is managed well, children can also achieve height leaps.
2. The bone age is too large
Of the dozens of children who come to the clinic every day, almost half of them are older.
The epiphyseal line of the bone age is closed early, which means that the space for growth and development is reduced, and once the epiphyseal line is closed, the child's height will not be long.
There are many factors that lead to the large bone age of children, and the proportion of excess weight is the largest, for every 10 pounds of excess weight, the bone age may be 1 year older, so if you want to avoid large bone age, you must control your weight.
When I encounter children with older bone age in clinical practice, I will use traditional Chinese medicine or Chinese patent medicine to delay the bone age and help the child broaden the growth space.
3. Don't like sports
Exercise stimulates the secretion of growth hormone and promotes bone growth. Nowadays, electronic products are too common, and children are becoming more and more homely, and they don't like to move for a long time, which is easy to make children fat, which is very bad for growth.
Parents should take their children to do more outdoor sports to stimulate their enthusiasm for sports, such as basketball, badminton, skipping rope, trampoline, etc.
4. Gastrooral difference
Long-term picky eating, partial eating, and anorexia will cause malnutrition in children, directly affect growth and development, and cause malnutrition and short stature.
5. Constipation
Long-term constipation will first form food accumulation, and then affect the child's appetite, and the stool will also emit toxins in the body, which will directly and indirectly affect the child's growth.
Some children with constipation have heavy internal heat and will not sleep well at night, which directly affects the secretion of growth hormone and leads to not growing up.
There are many reasons why children are not tall, if your child is short and slow, parents must combine the child's situation, find the reason, and go to the hospital if necessary, the child's height, as long as the parents manage it well, can be 5-10cm longer than genetics.