No longer a child to early intervention

What their children than other children the same age a lot of stunt? Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital pediatric growth in the second patient to remind parents about this phenomenon must not be taken lightly, take care of small children may have contracted disease.

The so-called dwarf disease, meaning that children with height lower than the same area, same race, same sex, age and health of children is two standard deviations. Determine the simplest way is to observe children in the class line up in the first several hours, before the number of children and the children last normal height that is two away from the standard deviation (about 5 centimeters). Two standard deviations on the medical treatment of short stature on the initial diagnosis.

Experts point out that, in addition to the attention of the children's height and growth rate, if the period of infants and young children (under 3 years of age) in the growth rate of less than 7 cm; 3 to 18 years less than the annual growth rate of 4 to 5 cm; 8 to 14-year-old youth sudden Period of years by the growth rate of less than 5.5 to 6.5 cm, can be clear for the slow growth and development of children should be in a timely manner to the growth and development of out-patient treatment intervention.