Patient's question:
The child is shorter than average, and the doctor said they need to be treated with growth hormone. What is growth hormone? Can it make them taller?What kind of help is needed: What is growth hormone? Can it make them taller?
Doctor's answer:
Growth hormone (HGH) is a protein secreted by anterior pituitary cells and is a peptide hormone. The full name of recombinant human growth hormone created through asset reorganization and DNA technology is RHGH. Under normal conditions, growth hormone (HGH) is secreted in a pulsatile manner. The secretion of growth hormone (HGH) is regulated by growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH) produced by the hypothalamus and is also affected by gender, age, and circadian rhythms, with a significant increase in secretion during deep sleep. The primary physiological function of growth hormone is to promote growth in all tissues except nervous tissue; enhance the body's anabolic and catabolic metabolism and protein synthesis; promote fat compression; and have an antagonistic effect on insulin.