What symptom does infantile short have

summary

Dwarfism is known as dwarfism. Generally speaking, if in a similar environment, the height of patients of the same race, gender and age is lower than the average height of normal people by more than two standard deviations or below the 300th percentile, they can be diagnosed as dwarfism. In addition, the growth rate of children's height can also be used as a criterion. The growth rate of infants under 3 years old is less than 7 cm / year; the growth rate of infants between 3 years old and before puberty is less than 3-5 cm / year; the growth rate of adolescents is less than 5-6 cm / year, which belongs to the slow growth of height. What are the symptoms of short children.

What symptom does infantile short have

First, the body is not symmetrical on both sides of the body, accounting for 78%, the degree may be different. It can be the whole half of the body, or only the skull, spine, one or part of the limb. The difference in the length of the lower limb can lead to scoliosis. The development of ossification center on both sides is different sooner or later. Although the normal limbs may have a certain degree of asymmetry on both sides, the asymmetry of patients is far beyond the normal range.

Second: growth disorder: one or two years after birth, the growth slows down gradually, the stature is short and well proportioned, the appearance of adult still looks like children, subcutaneous fat is much, the muscle is not developed; the bone matures slowly, the bone age is younger than the age, and the intelligence is equal to the age.

Third: 34% of the patients had abnormal sexual development, mainly girls, with early puberty at the age of 9-11. Most of them had early pubic hair, no development of sexual organs, but physical maturity, and delayed bone age.

matters needing attention

If it is found that the growth rate of children is slower than that of their peers during their growth and development, and they can't even grow 4 cm in a year, they should be alert. At this time, parents need to help their children grow tall.