Patient's question:
Can the treatment for dwarfism only involve injecting growth hormone? Also, is there no medicine left?Doctor's answer:
Hello! Dwarfism refers to a child's height being below the average height of children of the same gender, age, and race by 2 standard deviations (-2SD, where SD is the standard deviation), with an annual growth rate of less than 5 centimeters. Children with slow growth may show the following signs: Growth rate less than 7 centimeters per year before the age of 3. Growth rate less than 5 centimeters per year from 3 to puberty. Growth rate less than 6 centimeters per year during puberty.