What's the difference between dwarfism and dwarfism?

summary

As more and more diseases are discovered, many diseases that people have never heard of are discovered, and many similar diseases make people unable to distinguish, such as dwarfism and dwarfism. Many people think that the two are the same disease. But this idea is wrong. In fact, these two diseases are fundamentally different. Only by distinguishing these two diseases can we get better treatment and prevent delay. So what's the difference between dwarfism and dwarfism?

What's the difference between dwarfism and dwarfism?

If it is the same class, the same gender, the same age of children, their children's height is the shortest, or the annual growth of children's height is less than five centimeters, then we should consider the child has dwarfism, there are growth disorders. Dwarfism refers to the children's height is 30% or more than the standard height, adult dwarfism patients' height is less than 1.2 meters, this situation is called dwarfism.

In addition, the causes of dwarfism and dwarfism are also different. Generally speaking, in addition to family genetic factors, dwarfism patients are more likely to be caused by diseases, especially endocrine diseases, most of which are caused by pituitary secreting growth hormone. Dwarfism is caused by two main reasons, one is primary, the other is secondary. The etiology of primary dwarfism is not clear at present. It is generally believed that it is related to chromosome and genetic factors. Secondary dwarfism is mainly caused by tumor infection or hypothalamus pituitary abnormalities caused by other disease factors.

The third difference between dwarfism and dwarfism is the different symptoms. Dwarfism is not only a physiological problem, but also more than 60% of the patients with dwarfism have psychological problems, such as emotional instability, social withdrawal, etc., and their IQ is lower than that of normal people. However, most people with dwarfism have normal IQ.

matters needing attention

The biggest difference between dwarfism and dwarfism is that dwarfism is mostly caused by endocrine diseases, while dwarfism is caused by the deficiency of growth hormone endocrine caused by genetic and genetic factors. In addition, what we need to pay attention to is that due to the different symptoms of the two, the treatment methods are also different. Parents of children with short stature should go to the regular hospital for examination and treatment in time. We can't ignore this problem. We should not think that children are just growing slowly, but should treat them in time to prevent delay.