Why do you get dwarfism
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Patients with dwarfism can often be distinguished from ordinary people from their appearance. Dwarfism has brought a lot of inconvenience to the lives of patients. In order to effectively prevent dwarfism, it is necessary to understand the knowledge about dwarfism. Now let's talk about why we get dwarfism.
Why do you get dwarfism
First: dwarfism due to a variety of reasons for the lack of growth hormone secretion caused by physical retardation. The etiology of dwarfism can be attributed to both congenital and acquired factors. Congenital factors mostly affect the growth and development of the fetus due to the deficiency of parents' essence and blood. Most of them are related to heredity, and the general intelligence development is normal.
Second: dwarfism is caused by a genetic disease that causes short stature and disproportionate bone growth. Although any couple is likely to have a dwarf child, dwarf couples have an 80% chance of having offspring with the same symptoms as them. The symptoms associated with dwarfism vary, but many people also suffer from heart and respiratory diseases, which can significantly shorten their life span. Others have abnormal or too small internal organs, which can make long-term survival difficult.
Third: once pituitary disease caused by dwarfism, known as pituitary dwarfism. There are two causes of pituitary dwarfism, one is primary, the etiology is unknown, some are genetic diseases. One is secondary, that is, due to a variety of lesions around the pituitary gland, including tumors, such as craniopharyngioma, pituitary xanthoma; infection, such as encephalitis, meningitis, tuberculosis, vascular lesions and trauma.
matters needing attention
There are many reasons for dwarfism, for pregnant women, in order to effectively reduce the prevalence of infants, should strengthen their own nutrition, give the fetus sufficient nutrients, in addition to pay attention to personal rest, as well as eating habits, never smoking and drinking during pregnancy.
