Which children's hospital in Hefei treats short stature well? My eldest nephew is now 4 years old and is not tall, much shorter than other children of the same age. What happened?

Short stature mainly means that the height of children is lower than two standard deviations of the average height of children of the same age, race and sex, and the annual growth rate is lower than 5cm. It may be caused by insufficient or insufficient secretion of growth hormone, short family stature, insensitivity to growth hormone and bone development disorder.

Symptoms of short stature:

1, short stature, but only uniform short stature, that is, the limbs are relatively symmetrical.

2. The annual growth rate is above 4 cm, and the serious growth rate is only 2 to 3 cm, that is, the height deviation is lower than the normal average of -2sd.

3. Appearance characteristics are out of proportion to age, which are characterized by tender and excellent face, thin figure, soft hair, more subcutaneous fat, small hands and feet, round jaw, late eruption of teeth and irregular arrangement of permanent teeth.

4. The main manifestation is the backward bone age.

5, if combined with mild thyroid insufficiency, it can also be manifested as loss of appetite and inactivity; If combined with gonadotropin deficiency, the main manifestations are delayed puberty, underdeveloped penis and testis in boys and primary amenorrhea in girls; If combined with adrenocorticotropic hormone deficiency, some symptoms of hypoglycemia may be combined.