What to do if your child doesn't like to grow taller

There are many reasons why children grow slowly. It may be related to malnutrition or genetics. First of all, dietary adjustments should be strengthened. Children are at a critical time of growth and development. Nutritional supplements will help children's height. In addition, moderate exercise is also an important guarantee. Sufficient sleep should be ensured. In addition, an optimistic and cheerful attitude should be maintained. For the problem of slow growth caused by illness, go to the hospital for examination in time.

The following three elements are critical:

1. The diet should be reasonable.

Three meals a day are related to the biological needs of the human body, and many parents ignore the importance of breakfast. In fact, after a night's rest, the nutrients in the human body have been consumed, and the absorption and utilization rate of nutrients is best at this time. A nutritionally balanced breakfast helps children's bone development and height growth.

2. Exercise should be strengthened.

During the process of growth and development, children who exercise scientifically will eventually be 4 to 5 cm taller than those who do not. However, it should be emphasized that not all exercises are beneficial for growing height, and the higher the intensity of exercise, the better. Generally recommended exercises include skipping rope, high jump, basketball, volleyball, swimming, badminton, etc. Doing them for more than 30 minutes a day is beneficial to growing taller.

3. Get enough sleep.

Children should get at least 8 hours of sleep a day. On the one hand, sleeping allows the brain nerves, muscles, etc. to relax and repair; on the other hand, after the child falls asleep, the body's growth-related hormones are secreted more vigorously, especially growth hormone, most of which is secreted during sleep. Children must never stay up late reading, doing homework, watching TV, playing computer games, etc. They must go to bed before 10 o'clock in the evening.

What treatments are needed for children with dwarfism ?

Because the causes of dwarfism are very complex, doctors need to integrate a variety of information and combine professional examinations to make a correct diagnosis. If the dwarfism is caused by hypothyroidism, the child needs to take growth hormone supplementation in addition to thyroid hormone supplementation; if the child suffers from growth hormone deficiency, growth hormone replacement therapy is needed;

Most cases of intrauterine growth retardation occur in children who are small for gestational age. If effective growth retardation is not achieved before the age of 3, the child's lifelong height will be affected when he or she becomes an adult, so we need to give him or her growth hormone treatment. Children with precocious puberty have premature epiphyseal closure, so we need to suppress the child's bone age, prolong the growth time, and give him or her growth hormone treatment.

Children with nutritional deficiencies need nutritional supplements; children with short stature caused by chronic liver and kidney diseases should go to a specialized hospital for appropriate treatment. In addition, there are different treatment options for children with short stature, such as Turner syndrome, familial short stature, and idiopathic short stature. Therefore, finding out the cause, making a correct diagnosis, and strictly following the doctor's advice are the keys to treatment.