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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'll be a voice on the other side of this.

Has he fallen way down on the growth charts?

My kid was always 80th-90th percentile. Around age 12 his growth slowed way down so by the time he was 14 it was 30th percentile. He was growing less than 2 inches a year (that's a red flag).

I was very pushy and went to an endocrinologist who agreed the slowdown was concerning. We tested. His IGF was on the very very low side of normal. Still no growing for another 6 months. We did the stim test in a hospital and he did have a growth hormone deficiency. After starting treatment, he started growing again. He's now back at nearly 80th percentile at age 17 and still growing.

He also had late puberty which made this hard for pediatricians to diagnose (they just kept saying he's a late bloomer). Growth hormone treatment only works before/during puberty, so you want to make sure you catch it early enough to treat it.

The stim test is not fun (half-day in a hospital hooked up to an IV) but so grateful we had a doctor who took concerns seriously and I was that pushy parent to get it done and then battle the insurance company (a whole other thread on that one).[/quote]

Interesting, thanks for sharing. His percentile has dropped but not as much as your son. He was also usually 80-90, now I think closer to 50%. To answer the other PP’s question, his feet are like a 9-9.5 but haven’t grown a whole lot in the last year either. His teeth have been late (1-2 molars still not fully in). He did have a hand x-ray for an injury about five months ago and his growth plates looked wide open but it was just a few fingers visible. [/quote]
Sounds like he has delayed puberty.   DS was barely a bit over 5' at 14.  He's now 20 and a bit over 5'11".  I'm super short, but his dad is tall.   All late bloomers.[/quote]

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