Children are only 88 cm tall at 5 years old?Do n’t ignore children too short, maybe this kind of disease!

Author:Jiangsu News Time:2022.08.29

Children are in the growth stage, but they are much shorter than their peers. They cannot ignore as parents. This is likely to be a short body disease. The survey shows that the current problem of flowing and left -behind children in my country is more prominent. Since 2020, the National Health and Health Commission and the Chinese Children's Children's Charity Rescue Foundation have launched the "Angel Children" public welfare project in the country, focusing on mobile left -behind children's short body disease.

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The child is 5 years old and half height is only 88 cm

Nutrition and gene mutation may be the cause

In June 2022, the "Seventh Census Data" released by the National Bureau of Statistics shows that the size of the country's mobile children is 71.09 million, of which about one -third of them live with their parents. There are 6.436 million left -behind children across the country, and 96%of left -behind children are guarded by grandparents or temporarily care for relatives and friends. The incidence of these flowing and left -behind children is far higher than the national average.

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Ye Jin, chief physician of the pediatric department of Jiangsu Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine: "In children of the same age and the same sex, the standard deviation of the height is 300 minutes, or the height below the 2SD (below 2 standard deviations) It is called a short figure. For example, children in the low grade may be about 10 cm different from children of the same age. If they are more than a teenage children above school, it will be almost 15 cm. On August 27, we encounter it. By a little girl, she was 5 and a half years old, but her height was the fourth percentage worse than the normal child, only 88 cm. That is to say, a 5 and a half -year -old child, she only has a 2 -year -old child who is more than 2 years old. height."

According to experts, the lack of attention and malnutrition in children's growth may become the cause of short figure.

Dr. Ye Jin said: "For example, our common growth hormone deficiency can easily cause short figures. Including other genetic metabolic diseases, long -term malnutrition or some chronic diseases, it may also cause children to grow. It is also easy to cause children with short stature. "

"Angel Tongxing" public welfare project settled in Jiangsu Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Free treatment of flow, left -behind children for free treatment

The "Angel Children" public welfare project focuses on the research of flowing and left -behind children's short body disease. While regularly conducts free consultations, free public welfare assistance for the flow of illness and left -behind children. At present, there are more than 30 medical institutions across the country, and the project has been included in a designated hospital. More than 200 flowing and left -behind children have received public welfare treatment. On August 28, the project was settled in Jiangsu Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Dr. Ye Jin introduced: "If this child is a flowing and left -behind child, and at the same time, it is in line with the short figure, then the child's treatment is free in the past six months."

Ma Chaoqun, deputy dean of Jiangsu Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said: "As a designated hospital, we will definitely form a team to carry out this work and help the treatment of these children through outpatient clinics and hospitalization. At the same time Perform children's screening, free consultation, etc. "

Experts remind that short body disease needs to be treated early and early treatment. In life, parents should guide their children to develop good habits and help prevent short body diseases.

"Ensure that the child is normal for three meals a day and has a reasonable protein quality. Secondly, exercise must be exercised every day. Sleep. "Dr. Ye Jin said.

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