Growth hormone for petite kids

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve read that giving kids puberty blockers for supposed “early puberty” is a thing in S Korea - except the main motive is to increase height.

Early puberty stops growth, so yeah.

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Anonymous wrote:One of my kids was diagnosed with growth hormone deficiency and is on a prescription. I can’t imagine giving him those meds if he really didn’t have GHD! That seems crazy to me. When it’s real it’s not just about height btw.

Can I ask how it was diagnosed? Asking as a parent of an 8 year old who has never had blood drawn or much interaction with pediatrician at his annual about anything. He was in the 50th in terms of height is is more like 30 now.

Usually it’s single digits or less than two inches growth per year that triggers investigation.

My kid was just referred. She was 50-60th percentile in height from birth to age 8. For the last 4 years she's dropped about 10 percentiles per year: 40th at 9, 30th at 10, 20th at 11 and 10th at 12. He dad and I aren't short (nor Asian) so there's no reason to expect that she should be.

Seems reasonable. But this is a common time frame girls can dropped quickly in percentiles. Lots of girls hit growth spurts sometime between 10-13 so if yours haven’t (which is still normal), it can show as a drop in percentile

Totally possible, but seems like a time for a health check with a hand x-ray and blood work. Once a kid his puberty, that growth window closes and you can end up with a kid who tops out at 4'10" with parents who are >5'8".

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Anonymous wrote:One of my kids was diagnosed with growth hormone deficiency and is on a prescription. I can’t imagine giving him those meds if he really didn’t have GHD! That seems crazy to me. When it’s real it’s not just about height btw.

Can I ask how it was diagnosed? Asking as a parent of an 8 year old who has never had blood drawn or much interaction with pediatrician at his annual about anything. He was in the 50th in terms of height is is more like 30 now.

Usually it’s single digits or less than two inches growth per year that triggers investigation.

My kid was just referred. She was 50-60th percentile in height from birth to age 8. For the last 4 years she's dropped about 10 percentiles per year: 40th at 9, 30th at 10, 20th at 11 and 10th at 12. He dad and I aren't short (nor Asian) so there's no reason to expect that she should be.

Seems reasonable. But this is a common time frame girls can dropped quickly in percentiles. Lots of girls hit growth spurts sometime between 10-13 so if yours haven’t (which is still normal), it can show as a drop in percentile

Totally possible, but seems like a time for a health check with a hand x-ray and blood work. Once a kid his puberty, that growth window closes and you can end up with a kid who tops out at 4'10" with parents who are >5'8".

PP whose daughter is in "wait and see" mode, and this is exactly what we did. Have to schedule a follow-up for a couple of months here. They're looking for a mix of puberty indicators and the blood work.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve read that giving kids puberty blockers for supposed “early puberty” is a thing in S Korea - except the main motive is to increase height.

Early puberty stops growth, so yeah.

“Early” puberty is far overmedicalized and does not “stop growth.”

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve read that giving kids puberty blockers for supposed “early puberty” is a thing in S Korea - except the main motive is to increase height.

Early puberty stops growth, so yeah.

“Early” puberty is far overmedicalized and does not “stop growth.”

Yes it does

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve read that giving kids puberty blockers for supposed “early puberty” is a thing in S Korea - except the main motive is to increase height.

Early puberty stops growth, so yeah.

“Early” puberty is far overmedicalized and does not “stop growth.”

Yes it does

They can do x-rays to confirm growth plates. It's not hard and is pretty accurate.

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Anonymous wrote:One of my kids was diagnosed with growth hormone deficiency and is on a prescription. I can’t imagine giving him those meds if he really didn’t have GHD! That seems crazy to me. When it’s real it’s not just about height btw.

Can I ask how it was diagnosed? Asking as a parent of an 8 year old who has never had blood drawn or much interaction with pediatrician at his annual about anything. He was in the 50th in terms of height is is more like 30 now.

Usually it’s single digits or less than two inches growth per year that triggers investigation.

My kid was just referred. She was 50-60th percentile in height from birth to age 8. For the last 4 years she's dropped about 10 percentiles per year: 40th at 9, 30th at 10, 20th at 11 and 10th at 12. He dad and I aren't short (nor Asian) so there's no reason to expect that she should be.

Seems reasonable. But this is a common time frame girls can dropped quickly in percentiles. Lots of girls hit growth spurts sometime between 10-13 so if yours haven’t (which is still normal), it can show as a drop in percentile

Parent of kid now on GH for medical reasons, and our ped dismissed a drop in percentiles from 25 to 2 as the build up to a growth spurt. I wish we’d pushed back.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s a UMC thing, not limited to Asians. If you have money and see a few endocrinologists, you’ll find one that will write for it. Look at all the height threads here alone. UMC parents whose kid is tracking below 50th percentile are likely contemplating growth hormone

Yeah but I would feel this way for my son, not my daughter

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve read that giving kids puberty blockers for supposed “early puberty” is a thing in S Korea - except the main motive is to increase height.

Early puberty stops growth, so yeah.

“Early” puberty is far overmedicalized and does not “stop growth.”

Yes it does

No it doesn’t. Puberty is not a disease - a kid gets as tall as they are going to get. Suppressing your child’s natural puberty then giving them growth hormones to get taller is extremely disordered behavior.

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A young child in our US town died when the growth hormone was administered due to medical error.

It was very sad.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s a UMC thing, not limited to Asians. If you have money and see a few endocrinologists, you’ll find one that will write for it. Look at all the height threads here alone. UMC parents whose kid is tracking below 50th percentile are likely contemplating growth hormone

Yeah but I would feel this way for my son, not my daughter

In certain EA countries, height is prized for both boys and girls. Looks are very important there and height is part of that.

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Anonymous wrote:A young child in our US town died when the growth hormone was administered due to medical error.

It was very sad.

That is so sad. How does a child die from growth hormone? I thought the risks were more long-term rather than immediate.

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Anonymous wrote:A young child in our US town died when the growth hormone was administered due to medical error.

It was very sad.

That is so sad. How does a child die from growth hormone? I thought the risks were more long-term rather than immediate.

The dose was too much. It was a medical dosing error. Kid started to complain of a headache. Dad checked with RN who said dose was correct. It was not.

This occurred at our #1 hospital in our state.

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That is messed up

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Anonymous wrote:The newer thing is choosing embryos to maximize height and iq. If you don’t, your kid will be shorter and dumber than everyone else.

Since science hasn’t gotten that far either stupid people are being duped or you are.