Introduction of the entire process of the growth clinic test at Himchan Hospital YouTube 'Sugsuk TV'

Oct 31, 2024

Park Hye-young, chairman of the Bareun Growth Clinic at Himchan General Hospital in Incheon, tries to solve questions about the growth clinic that parents who are interested in their children's growth have through the contents of Himchan Hospital YouTube "Park Hye-young's mugwort TV."

'Park Hye-young's Ssuksu TV' summarizes and delivers what parents do not know or overlook about their child's growth and what they must know. The theme of the video released on the 30th is 'Right Growth Clinic Field Episode', and Park Hye-young, chairman of the board of directors, will go around the hospital to explain in detail how the treatment is performed at the growth clinic.

When visiting the Right Growth Clinic for the first time, the examination will be conducted in stages such as measuring height and weight, filling out an outpatient initial evaluation sheet, specialist treatment, X-ray imaging, and blood collection. All tests are necessary to confirm the child's growth and development, and height and weight are used as basic data for analyzing the child's growth solution. X-rays of the chest, knees, and hands can be used to check heart size, lung shape, spine and growth plate condition, and bone age. In the case of puberty, the stage of puberty is confirmed through an additional pelvic X-ray test. Blood collection can check various health conditions and hormone levels.



After that, based on the test results, the height of the final adult is predicted based on the difference between the bone age and the calendar age, which range of the percentile falls within the peer of the same gender.

On the day of listening to the explanation of the test results, students learn gymnastics and stretching that help growth at the physical therapy center, and if there are individual problems such as bent spine or varying pelvis height, education is conducted for proper growth on a 1:1 basis. If it is judged to be low kidney, the cause is identified through precise diagnosis, and then injection treatment is decided as necessary.



Park Hye-young, chairman of the Barun Growth Clinic at Himchan General Hospital in Incheon, said, `It is helpful to analyze the process of growth if you know the flow of children's height growth for one to two years before coming to get tested to see if their children are growing properly"Various screening tests can be used to ensure that the child is growing well, and if the child is less than the 300th percentile in height or if there is a large difference in bone age and calendar age, the disease is suspected and a detailed examination is conducted." He added that "We determine the direction of treatment in the future according to the test results and proceed with customized treatment, and we are paying close attention not only to growing tall but also to rehabilitation so that the body can grow straight."

Meanwhile, Park Hye-young, chairman of the Barun Growth Clinic at Himchan General Hospital in Incheon, presents a solution to the growth of low-growth children in TV Chosun 'Kidden Time 2'.



Introduction of the entire process of the growth clinic test at Himchan Hospital YouTube 'Sugsuk TV'





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