Growth Failure in Children (cont.)
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- Growth Failure in Children Overview
- Growth Failure in Children Causes
- Symptoms of Children Growth Failure
- When to Seek Medical Care
- Exams and Tests
- Growth Failure in Children Treatment
- Medical Treatment
- Medications
- Next Steps
- Follow-up
- Prevention
- Outlook
- Support Groups and Counseling
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Outlook
Early therapeutic intervention is important. Therapy should begin before the child's growth process is complete.
For children with hypothyroidism or growth hormone deficiency, hormone replacement therapy usually results in a period of rapid catch-up growth, with subsequent normal growth until the growth process is complete.
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Short stature may be the normal expression of genetic potential, in which case the growth rate is normal, or it may be the result of a condition that causes growth failure with a lower-than-normal growth rate.
