Have you ever thought that the child next door is half a year younger than himself, but half a head taller than himself? Do you want to buy some height-increasing products for your child? "

In fact, to see whether a child's growth and development is normal, we should refer to the standard curve of the child's growth and development, rather than blindly comparing with the surrounding children. (The numerical table of standard deviation of height and weight can be viewed by clicking on our menu bar-Height and Weight ~)

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If your child's height is lower than that of children of the same age by two standard deviations (-2SD), it is recommended to go to a regular 3A hospital for relevant examination immediately and take necessary intervention measures according to the doctor's advice.

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Let's get back to the point. Can children really grow taller by taking "height-increasing drugs"?

Parents, what you need to pay attention to is that the only drug approved for treating short stature in clinic is growth hormone! Growth hormone is only an injection, not an oral dosage form. Some parents seek oral "altitude medicine" because they can't bear to give their children an injection.

Some products on the market that claim to have the function of "adding" can be divided into two types:

One is the illegal addition of sex hormones. Sex hormones can indeed accelerate the growth of children's height in a short period of time, so that children's early height is temporarily higher than their peers. However, due to the stimulation of sex hormones, the epiphysis will close ahead of time, which will lead to the shortening of bone growth period and the premature stop of height development, which will eventually lead to short stature;

The other is health food, which can supplement trace elements, calcium and nutrition for children, but it has no effect on promoting height growth.