What about our height for the new semester? Check the growth test for the lower grades at Himchan Hospital
Feb 27, 2025
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Children's growth has a great genetic impact, but acquired factors such as environment, nutrition, and exercise also play a major role. If you are noticeably shorter than your peers, you can comprehensively identify the causative disease, nutritional status, sleep time, hormone deficiency, growth plate damage, bone age, etc. through a growth test to increase potential growth factors and correct risk factors. In addition, injuries caused by fractures during this period may affect growth due to damage to the growth plate.
Park Hye-young, chairman of the Bareun Growth Clinic at Himchan General Hospital in Incheon, said "We can check the growth potential of children through growth tests based on their usual lifestyle, eating habits, and posture."It is recommended to test at this time because it is the right time for 8-9-year-olds, who are usually in the lower grades of elementary school, to not miss the right treatment period."
◇Requires customized treatment for growth through comprehensive examination
If it is a normal growth pattern, it grows 20 to 30 cm for one year after birth, then about 12 cm for one year to two stones, and about 5 to 6 cm every year before puberty. When puberty begins, it grows 7-12cm in a rapid growth period, and when the growth plate closes, growth stops.
However, if it is less than the third of 100 people in the same gender and age, it can be considered as low-growth, and if it is less than 10 cm or less than its peers or does not grow more than 5 cm per year, growth disorders can be suspected. If the cause of a growth disorder is a specific disease, the treatment of the disease should be prioritized, and if there is no other reason, the essential factors for height growth should be checked and helped to achieve normal growth.
If a growth disorder is suspected, the problem can be diagnosed through comprehensive growth tests such as physical measurement, growth plate tests, and growth hormone secretion, and based on the results, the child's growth environment and nutritional status can be carefully reviewed to establish a customized treatment plan if there is a problem. The right time to correct these problems and help them grow in height is 8-9 years old. If a specific disease is hindering growth, growth treatment will be performed after treatment of the causative disease, and if there are no special diseases, it will analyze diet, lifestyle, and growth environment to help improve nutrition, sleep, and exercise, which are essential for height growth, and after 6 months, treatment will be performed after understanding the degree of growth.
In order to grow taller, it is necessary to correct one's usual lifestyle along with treatment. It is important to eat regular meals and eat balanced nutrients, especially proteins containing essential amino acids needed to help muscle and bone growth and produce growth hormones. It is helpful to keep exercising to stimulate the growth plate and strengthen the bones. Growth hormones are secreted well when you sleep well, so it is also necessary to create an environment where you can sleep well.
◇ Beware of damage to the growth plate when left unattended
Before the new semester, along with growth tests, children's fractures that are common in children should also be careful. This is because it can lead to fractures by running or falling while playing excitedly indoors or outdoors. Unlike adults, the bones of a growing child are flexible, and the bones are often cracked or bent. In particular, children may appear to be simple bruises on the outside or hide their pain for fear of being scolded by their parents, making it difficult to notice injuries easily.
In particular, children are prone to fractures due to hitting or falling while running, and even if it is not a major injury, there is a possibility of damage to the growth plate, so it should be carefully examined. At the end of the bones of growing children, there is a growth plate, and if this area is fractured, growth disorders can occur as a result of aftereffects. The growth plate is a cartilage tissue located at the end of each bone, and if the growth plate of the joint, such as the knee, is damaged, growth disorders can sometimes occur. Since the growth plate is open to 13-15 years old for girls and 15-17 years old for boys, if the growing child has a fracture, it is necessary to check whether the growth plate is damaged and treat it properly. This is because if one growth plate is damaged, the body can grow disproportionately.
"Early treatment is more important than anything else because it can reduce the possibility of growth disorders caused by damage to the growth plate if the child's fracture occurs quickly," said Kim Tae-seung, head of orthopedic surgery at Bupyeong Himchan Hospital. "Although it cannot be recovered immediately in case of damage to the growth plate caused by the child's fracture, it is also necessary to follow up and observe whether other disorders occur through constant treatment and management."
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
