Patient's question:
The issue of height increase, doctors have explained that I should go to the hospital for an epiphyseal plate examination to see if it has completely fused. If it hasn't, short-term use of growth hormone will be employed. Here, what is meant by growth hormone? Is it a medication or something else? Please tell me a few times!!!Doctor's answer:
The auxin in plants, whose chemical composition is indoleacetic acid, is a hormone secreted by the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland that promotes physical growth. Auxin can indirectly enhance the formation of epiphyseal cartilage during the growth period by promoting the production of growth hormone mediators in the liver, thereby increasing bone and cartilage growth and leading to an increase in body height. Auxin also affects intermediary metabolism and energy metabolism, promoting protein synthesis and increasing the intake and utilization of important elements such as sodium, potassium, calcium, phosphorus, and sulfur. At the same time, by inhibiting the consumption of sugar and accelerating fat compression, it shifts the energy source from sugar decomposition metabolism to fat decomposition metabolism.