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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree with others to have a pediatric endocrinologist that a look at the bone age scan. If your child is small and showing delayed bone age, that is a GOOD sign as it means he still have more room to grow.

My DS was referred to a PE last year because he fell to &lt;10th percentile in height and was showing no signs of puberty. His bone age study showed that he was ~2.5 years behind in bone age. DS has grown steadily over the past year and, at 16, is up around 25th percentile but bone age is still showing ~3 years delay, which means he still has a lot of growth left. He just might not reach his full growth potential until he's in college, similar to the PP's son.

That said, his bloodwork always showed low testosterone levels, which were consistent with where he was in puberty so I would definitely ask about that. If it's high, it may mean he's about to hit a growth spurt but efinitely check with a PE as they will be able to run other tests to see what Tanner Stage he is in.[/quote]

Delayed bone age is a positive.

This was our experience as well. My DS has about a 2yr delay. He dropped very low in height percentiles ages 13-14 (barely grew at all those years- I think it was 3 inches total in 2yrs), and started his growth spurt at 15 (grew 5 inches from 15-16). But everything was consistent and the data made sense according to the endocrinologist  (his bone age, Tanner stage etc). In my DS’s case it was simply delayed puberty. Also- many kids have a growth plateau right before growth spurt. For my DS that occurred during the time that peers were hitting a growth spurt, amplifying the differences which caused the enormous drop in height percentiles. [/quote]

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