Patient's question:
Doctor, my 5-year-old daughter is shorter than average. How should I treat it? Looking forward to your answer.Doctor's answer:
First, it is necessary to determine whether a child's height is due to family genetics. Some children are short because of their parents' genetic height. Because the height of the child's parents causes the child to grow like their physique, the probability of this situation occurring is over 70%. Children may also be short due to a lack of growth hormone. They should be promptly taken to the pediatric endocrinology department of a children's hospital for the corresponding tests. If the growth hormone is relatively low, growth hormone replacement therapy should be administered in a timely manner to stimulate the growth of the child's height.Second, it is due to a lack of nutrition. If a child is deficient in zinc, it can lead to poor appetite, poor digestion and absorption, and also cause short stature. Zinc supplementation and regulation of the spleen and stomach function can be used to treat it.