Side Effects of Growth Hormone

Everyone hopes to grow up to be tall. As a Chinese saying goes, a tall person standing in front of the door looks good even if he doesn't work. In the Chinese aesthetic standards, tall people are good-looking. Every Chinese person wants to grow tall. There are many factors that affect height, with genetic factors accounting for a large proportion. The other factor is acquired diet. Now Chinese people also have the habit of drinking milk, and the height of Chinese people has increased a lot.

Short stature is mainly caused by insufficient growth hormone inherited from parents. Now scientists have discovered a substance called growth hormone in the human pituitary gland and have extracted it. It has been applied in clinical practice and plays a great role in helping people grow taller. However, some people are worried about the side effects of growth hormone.

If growth hormone is deficient and not supplemented in time, there will be many harms. It not only causes short stature, but also causes osteoporosis, muscle and sexual developmental disorders, easy aging, susceptibility to cardiovascular diseases and metabolic abnormalities, etc. Children who are deficient in zinc and calcium need to be supplemented, but why do they not need to be supplemented if they are deficient in growth hormone?

Since injectable growth hormone is exogenous after all and not self-secreted, there will still be some side effects. For example, redness and swelling at the injection site are common. At the same time, because the growth rate of those who used growth hormone was generally slow in the past, the growth is accelerated after use, and the need for thyroid hormone increases accordingly. Sometimes, the thyroid hormone is not adjusted in time, or is over-adjusted, and there is a possibility of low or slightly high thyroid hormone. At the same time, because growth hormone inhibits sugar metabolism, slightly high blood sugar levels may occasionally occur. Regular check-ups are required during the use of these two medications. Other possible symptoms include headaches, joint pains, etc., which are generally mild. They will get better by reducing the dosage or stopping the use for a few days, and then after a period of gradual adaptation, the symptoms will not be obvious.

During the use of growth hormone, regular safety monitoring and timely dosage adjustment are also required, and there are more monitoring methods now. Carry out safety monitoring, discover problems in time and correct them in time, the possibility of side effects will be relatively small. Growth hormone is a drug and it is safe only when used under the guidance of a doctor.