I have been working in pediatrics for more than 40 years and have often heard parents say that raising children is much harder now than before!
I also deeply understand that parents don't want their children to fall behind, whether it is academic or height.
As a 2017 survey of more than 10,000 parents showed that almost every parent wants their sons to grow to be more than 175 and girls to be more than 160.
But I always tell parents:
If there is no special height requirement for the child's future career planning, 168/170/178 for boys and 157/160/170 for girls are normal.
Only children who have medically met the criteria for short stature must intervene. Children who do not meet this short standard will intervene depending on the expectations of parents and children.
Just like a child who came to me for height intervention, the parents were anxious at the time, and kept saying that they wanted to take growth hormone, but I looked at a series of examinations, and the growth hormone level, growth factor, thyroid function, etc. were normal, but the spleen and stomach function was too poor, repeated food accumulation, poor appetite, long-term constipation, and the spleen and stomach were regulated, in fact, the height naturally went up.
Sure enough, after a month of conditioning, the spleen and stomach problems improved, and after persisting for more than half a year, they grew 5 centimeters, which made the parents very happy.
I am a professor of pediatrics of traditional Chinese medicine, but I do not reject growth hormone, if the child is short stature and has reached the indication for application, we should use it according to the doctor's instructions and use it in sufficient amount, which is also the strongest program of the 6 major intervention height.
However, in my outpatient clinic, 90% of children are short, not because of organic problems, but because of poor spleen and stomach, poor eating, abnormal bowel movements, poor sleep, and frequent illness.
Manifestations of a bad spleen and stomach:
1. Picky eater and anorexia, easy to accumulate food;
2. The tongue coating is white and thick, and there is a sour and rancid taste in the mouth;
3. The stool is dry and hard to pass, or the stool is not formed;
4. Difficulty falling asleep, sleeping on the stomach, night sweats, and unstable sleep;
5. Poor physical fitness, easy to get sick, etc.;
If your child also has spleen, stomach and height problems, you must remember the following 2 things:
1. Growing tall does not depend entirely on genetics, even if it is a child with genetically short stature, as long as it is intervened early, it is no problem to grow 5 cm more;
If the child has spleen and stomach problems, you can give the child 3-6 months to regulate the spleen and stomach problems, and the growth rate will also increase.