Growth deceleration and prevention in children

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<div class="paragraph">&#8220;My child&#8217;s stature decelerates .. compared to children with the same age&#8221;  &#8220;His friend teases by calling him short often&#8221; If you do not want these situations to impact on your children, be prepared to know about the cause and determine whether your child has a  risk or not as a good protection &#8230; before a perfect height of your child never happens.</div>
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<h4><b><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">The growth rate of children and age range.</span></b></h4>
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<div><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">1. Infant &#8211; 1 year; height increases about 25 cm. per year.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">2. Age 1 to 2 years;  height increases about 10 cm per year.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">3. 2-4 years old; height increases about 6-8 cm per year.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">Age&gt; 4 &#8211; reaching to adolescence; height increases about 5-6 cm per year.</span></div>
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<h4><b><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"> It&#8217;s time for your child to see a doctor.</span></b></h4>
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<div><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">&#8211; When a child stature increases  less than 5 centimeters per year.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">&#8211; When a child stature is less than a third of percentile rank from the children growth chart by age and sex.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">&#8211; When a child is short but, both parents are tall.</span></div>
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<h2><b><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">What <span class="">cause</span> children short stature</span></b></h2>
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<div><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">1. Parents</span></div>
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<p><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">The height of the parents is not the only one factor that can cause a short stature. However, there is a</span></p>
<div><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">formula of height calculation in children. Which has a 70 percent of a chance in accordance with the formula &#8230;</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">                 A child&#8217;s height (Boy) = Father&#8217;s height + Mother&#8217;s height +13</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">                  Height of father (Girl) = Father&#8217;s height + Mother&#8217;s height -13</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"> However, although genetic is one of the causes. But if a child receives a good nutrition, do exercise regularly, and get enough sleep. These can increase about 7 centimeters height according to a genetic height average.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">2.   <span style="color: #545454;">Constitutional delayed growth and puberty or CDGP</span></span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">  This case is rather found in boys. After a childbirth, a stature is normal before reaching the age of 2 with height deceleration. Afterward, a height will start reaching to normal rate or increasing at 5 centimeters per year. However, to reach the height of inheritance is when the child enters an adolescence age.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">3. Children with chronic diseases</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">  On account of many diseases that a child has, they do not only affect on stature &#8230; but also weight. Which is caused to be underweight. Accordingly,  the physical examination must be required, in order to</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">provide a specific treatment for each disease.<br />
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<div><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">4.  Hormone deficiency : </span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">Thyroid hormones:  which not only affect the height but also brain development. However, if it occurs since being born, or in case if a child receives a delayed treatment. Both factors can cause a risk of &#8220;<span style="color: #545454;">Cretinism</span>&#8221; to children.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">Growth hormone: despite since a child is born a height or stature remains normal &#8230;  but, growth deceleration after birth can cause bone age younger than the actual age more than 2 years.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">Gonadal steroid hormones during adolescence: in young girls they still have no breast and boys still have no mustache, <span style="color: #000000;">cracked voice, and </span>pubes. Causing a stature lower than it should be. The elevation does not soar as it should be</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">5.   Chromosome abnormality such as Turner syndrome which is only found in girls.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">6. Achondroplasia and <span style="color: #545454;">Rickets</span></span></div>
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<div class="pharagraph"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">When finding the abnormalities or suspicion with your child stature. Parents should bring their children to see a  pediatrician, together with some personal data such as weight or height since childbirth to the present to support a detection, diagnosis, and treatment.</span></div>
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Height may not seem to be concerned for small children. However, in older age a proper height development is required for a perfect stature.

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