Summer "short clinic" to stay up late will make children grow high

(Correspondent Ma Yaoyao) Ms. Liu's husband and wife are not short, but the 14 -year -old son is much shorter than the children of the same age. Recently, Ms. Liu took her son to the "short clinic" of the Department of Endocrinology in the Houhu Hospital of Wuhan Central Hospital. The doctor asked in detail to find that the child often stays up late to play with his mobile phone. This is one of the reasons for not long. Experts remind: Staying up late will make children grow.

Ms. Liu (Hua surname) lived in Houhu, and her son was longer than a child when he was born, but his son grew up slowly after he was elementary school. Ms. Liu thought that the child was slow and did not attract attention. However, the son's height has not changed in the past two years. Compared with children of the same age, he likes to be less than 1.52 at the age of 14. Ms. Liu and her husband were anxious and used this summer vacation to decide to take her son to the hospital.

The day before yesterday, Ms. Liu took her son to the "short clinic" of the Department of Endocrinology in the Houhu Hospital of Wuhan Central Hospital. After inspection, Ms. Liu's son suffered from dwarf, and bone age testing showed that the height was less than 1.6 meters. Fortunately, growth hormone therapy could be performed.

Ms. Liu feels very strange. She is 1.64 meters tall and her husband is 1.75 meters tall. Both of them are not short. Why do children suffer from dwarf? Zhang Hongmei, chief physician of the Department of Endocrine Department, found a detail when he asked the situation in detail. The child's long -term staying up late to play mobile phones affects the secretion of growth hormone and affects his height. At present, Ms. Liu's son is receiving growth hormone treatment, and there is hope to grow taller in the later period.

According to Chief Physician Zhang Hongmei, many parents take their children to see the "short clinics" every summer. In addition to genetic and disease factors, bad lifestyles, such as lack of sleep and less exercise, will also affect their children's growth. Because sufficient sleep and exercise can promote the secretion of growth hormone and help improve the height.

Experts introduced that if the child's height is less than or equal to the short small height value of the child height standard table, it is necessary to further check the cause. Bone age is an important indicator of reaction growth space. For example, a 8 -year -old child, although height is the same as the average height, but if he develops early, the age of bone age is 11 years old, and the prediction of predicting the person's height is lower than the two standard deviations of the same age height, you need to intervene early. Because people are developing in adolescence and closed bone lines, they generally do not grow taller. Therefore, if parents find that their children are much shorter than their peers, or when they grow less than 5 cm each year, they should be paid attention to. Do not blindly think that it is "late". Go to the hospital's endocrinology department early and take the child to the hospital to test the bone age. , Monitor height is indispensable.

Director Zhang reminded that the children should not stay up late because of the holidays in the summer vacation. They should ensure sufficient sleep and exercise more. Within 45 to 90 minutes after falling asleep at night, it is the peak of the secretion of children's growth hormone. After falling asleep, the secretion of one hour accounts for more than half of the total amount of secretion per day. Therefore, ensuring sufficient sleep helps to grow height. For children, at least 8 hours of sleep time is essential for children. It is best to ensure that you can go to bed before 10 o'clock every day. Experts remind that parents should prevent their children from being disrupted during the holidays, and seize this time to adjust their children's work and rest habits to ensure sufficient sleep time and sleep quality.

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