Before I knew it, I had been working in pediatrics for 40 years, and the most obvious feeling over the years was that parents have paid more and more attention to their children's height and become more demanding of their children.
At the end of 2017, there was a survey of more than 10,000 parents, and almost every parent required girls to be above 160cm, and boys to be above 175cm.
But many children who come to the clinic to see their height usually tell their parents:
If the child does not have a clear height requirement in the future career planning, 168/170 for boys and 155/158 for girls are no problem, they are all normal heights.
Only children in the 3rd percentile may not grow 161 in height in boys and 150 in girls, which is a must to be intervened.
Just like the little boy who came to the follow-up some time ago, the management was particularly good, so I remember very clearly, at that time 8 years old 123cm, corresponding to the height of 165 when I was an adult, I managed it for a year and a half, and now I have reached a growth curve of 170.
As I've said before, you don't have to use growth hormone to grow taller.
If the child is deficient in growth hormone and his height is already low to short stature, he should use growth hormone, which is also the strongest treatment for height.
However, most of the children I received were normal in all examinations, and their height was not yet at the level of short stature, and they were not yet indicated for the use of growth hormone. This kind of child adjusts the spleen, stomach, and physique, and the growth rate can quickly return to normal.
If your child also has problems with the spleen, stomach and height, it is important to keep these things in mind:
1. I don't recommend rolling the child's height, but I don't support lying flat early, if the parents are short, start managing from an early age, and it's no problem to be 5cm long;
2. There are many ways to grow taller, growth hormone is the last choice, if the child has spleen and stomach problems, such as picky eating anorexia, food accumulation, constipation, poor sleep quality, tonsil inflammation, frequent colds and coughs, etc., take these problems well, and the long speed will soon be able to go up.
3. As long as the child does not have short stature and parents do not have excessive height requirements for their children, they can try the methods of traditional Chinese medicine, generally observe for 3 months to see the changes and growth rate of the child's spleen and stomach.