Taking growth hormone

In the past, people did not grow tall because of poor quality of life, but in modern society, if parents find that their children are not growing tall, they will be very worried. Because height can indeed have a significant impact on a person's future life, many parents will take their children to the hospital to get height hormones if they find that their children have not grown taller when they are 7 or 8 years old. But if I take growth hormone, will it cause harm to the child's body?

Some doctors may give children some growth hormone, so what is the appropriate age to give growth hormone? Will there be any adverse reactions after taking growth hormone?

When it comes to treating children’s short stature, the principle should be that the earlier the better. The time to inject growth hormone varies depending on the expert's diagnosis. If it is due to common pituitary dwarfism, the child should receive treatment when he is five years old. However, if it is idiopathic dwarfism, it is recommended to treat it when the child is five or six years old. In short, we should adhere to one principle, that is, the earlier the treatment, the better.

However, there is still a saying circulating in society today, that is, some children grow early, and some grow late. There is a specific period of growth and development during adolescence, and the height of children will grow rapidly during this specific period. If children use growth hormone, their bones will heal prematurely. Although their height will increase in a short period of time, it will be difficult to grow taller after the bones heal.

Some children develop later than normal and may grow again around the age of 20. However, if they receive hormone treatment, their bones will heal faster and they will not grow again. Since these situations are unpredictable, they should be evaluated scientifically and the treatment plan should be determined through multiple aspects, such as secondary sexual characteristics, bone condition, and family history.

However, parents should be reminded that growth hormone injections have many side effects, and they must consult a doctor before deciding whether to give their children growth hormone injections. If you want your child to grow taller, you should feed your child more foods rich in vitamin D in daily life, because vitamin D can promote the body's absorption of calcium and is especially beneficial for bone growth and development. If you can take hormones and supplement vitamin D at the same time, it can have a very good effect.

It is also important to note that when children are growing, do not let them stay up late, because if they stay up late, the body's growth hormone secretion will be insufficient, causing the children to not grow tall.