Growth, like weight, is an important indicator of the development of the child. The most active growth in children falls on the first 3 years of life. In the first year, babies are added about 25 cm, in the second - about 12 cm, and in the third year about 6 cm. Further, children grow 5-6 cm annually.
A normal increase in growth according to age indicates that the baby's body receives enough nutrients, vitamins and trace elements. In the event that the child grows poorly, it is necessary to find out the possible reasons for this delay, since timely measures taken will help to avoid serious health problems in the child.
Why is the child not growing?
The reasons why a child does not grow, can be:
- Hormonal disorders (inadequate production of the hormone of somatotropin).
- Genetic predisposition (for example, if parents are also low.
- Lack of vitamins and low-calorie food. So, for example, a deficiency of calcium in the body can inhibit the development of the bone system in the child. A lack of proteins, amino acids and fatty acids is fraught with an insufficient development of the muscular framework, which also affects the dynamics of growth in the baby.
- Constitutional. Deficiency of growth in children can be observed in some age periods of life. For example, in boys, this usually occurs in adolescence at the age of 13-14. They seem to stop in physical development, but in fact it is a calm before active growth, which manifests itself in the form of a jump-a sharp increase in growth.
- Stress and frequent illnesses of the child can adversely affect his physical development, causing a growth deficit in children.
- Low growth in children can be associated with a metabolic disorder. This may be due to kidney (nephritis) and hepatic (hepatitis) insufficiency, a violation of absorption in the intestine (peptic ulcer, gastroduodenitis, etc.), neurological diseases (hydrocephalus, consequences of encephalitis, etc.).
What treatment is prescribed if the child does not grow?
If the answer to the question of why the child is slowly growing is malnutrition, then in this case, enrichment of his diet with high-nutritional products, as well as the intake of dietary supplements with a high content of missing micronutrients, vitamins and minerals will act as a treatment.
However, it happens that the establishment of food does not entail a change in the situation and the child still does not grow. Probably, the reason can lie in the lack of vitamin D, which is responsible for the absorption of calcium in the body and the growth of bones. Since this vitamin is synthesized in the human body only under the influence of sunlight, it can be obtained by staying in the sun, as well as in the form of an additive to food.
But it happens that the question "Why does the child grow bad?" Arises in those mothers whose children receive excellent nutrition and can not complain about vitamin D deficiency. In this case, most often it is a hormonal disorder associated with a deficit of growth hormone. Treatment in this situation is carried out with the help of highly effective drugs based on recombinant growth hormone (artificially created with the help of genetic engineering technology as an exact copy of human growth hormone).
Recipes of traditional medicine for the growth of a child
Traditional medicine in case of growth deficiency in a child can help if its cause is associated with hypocaloric nutrition, protein and vitamin deficiency. As a treatment, the child's ration should be enriched with the following products:
- milk, cottage cheese, cheeses;
- eggs;
- pork and beef liver, kidneys, meat;
- nuts;
- dried fruits;
- beans.
It is also recommended to organize a full night and day sleep of the child, as well as regular physical exercises to strengthen the muscles of the back and abdomen. For the normalization of growth, full-height jumps are considered effective.