The lack of growth hormone is the leading cause of stature in children. As found in the disease can be timely treatment of growth hormone, there will be significant effect. And this is also the most commonly used method for treating short stature in major hospitals. However, because parents are concerned about the side effects of drugs, considering the time is too long and delayed the child's treatment cycle. This experience will tell parents in the end have no side effects of growth hormone, as well as some medication should be noted.
Introduction of growth hormone
The body itself will secrete a variety of hormones, such as thyroxine, growth hormone and so on. Which growth hormone is the key to affect children's ability to grow, so parents do not have to "hormones" at arm's length. In general, human body will naturally secrete growth hormone, but due to a variety of internal and external causes of growth hormone secretion, or no secretion, the child's height growth will become slow or even stop. Here, parents are urged to attach importance to the child's growth process, once found abnormal height of children, they must seek medical treatment promptly.
Side effects of growth hormone
Many parents are confronted with the concept of "being a third drug", in fact, it is unscientific. Major hospitals using genetically modified human growth hormone to treat short stature has been nearly 30 years, as long as compliance with medication and regular review, the use of growth hormone is very safe. Since growth hormone is administered subcutaneously, there may be a slight irritation, such as a brief inflamed injection site during the course of medication. In addition, some patients may also have a subclinical hypothyroidism, thyroid function tests will be abnormal, but generally no clinical manifestations, prescribed thyroid preparations can be improved.
Precautions
● Although the injection of growth hormone can help children with short stature, but before use need to test the status of bone age. If the child's epiphyseal line has been closed, the bones no longer grow, then the height of the problem will not be treated. On the contrary, if the epiphyseal line in children has not been fully closed and the skeleton is still growing when the medication, then the height will be significantly improved.
● Recent industry stings on water needles are also one of the topics that parents are more concerned about. Growth hormone is divided into two kinds of water injection and injection, the injection of both the effect is slightly better than the water needle, it is recommended to use injection. On the one hand, the price of powder injection is much lower than that of water injection. The other hand, the efficacy of injection far superior to water injection. Many parents may ask, "Why is it expensive instead?" The main reason lies in the lack of medical ethics: some doctors recommend the use of water directly in order to obtain high rebates from the factory, regardless of their physical and psychological condition and family status injection. The water injection for ease of use and choose to produce into an aqueous solution, but indirectly undermine the stability of drug storage, a slight vibration or temperature changes will affect the efficacy of drugs. In addition, the composition of water injection contains preservatives, will adversely affect the human body. Need to remind parents are: If in the process of medical treatment encountered highly recommended doctor of water on the must be vigilant.