People in general, whether they are male or female, are different and vary in length. They are taller, shorter, and medium-tall, often in the minds of some and at many times when and at what age the length of the human being depends.
Human longevity and bone growth depend on 17 years of age for females and nineteen years for males. This is not necessarily a fixed base. It may increase or decrease by one or two years depending on the growth hormone. In each person in addition to the factors may be hereditary, and with regard to exercise exercises (the method of suspension of the body by hands), this exercise increases the length of the body temporarily for a while and then return to normal body after a period, but some specialists prefer to exercise this sport, To that the quality of food is balanced and The good, which in turn helps in the growth of the body properly, especially in phase between twelve and nineteen years, along with a lot of eating proteins such as dairy, fish, meat, vegetables, and fruit.
In the field of medicine and modern science, the length of the body has been proven by surgical methods through the installation of the device Elzarov, studies indicate that this device proved effective by extending the femur about 7.2 centimeters and 7.1 cm in the leg bone, in addition to the process of installation of an extensible nail called (ISKD) This inner screw is not commonly used such as the Illizarov device.
Reasons for short stature
- Intrauterine growth retardation. This is due to malnutrition in the pregnant mother, as well as uterine infections, placental insufficiency, smoking, and diseases of the mother during pregnancy.
- Child malnutrition: Most often in poor communities.
- Gastrointestinal diseases such as celiac disease, cystic fibrosis.
- The occurrence of inflammatory diseases such as coronary, and causes of chronic diarrhea.
- Kidney disease: such as kidney failure, renal acidosis.
- Acquired heart disease and congenital heart disease.
- Tuberculosis and diabetes are especially uncontrolled.
- The incidence of respiratory diseases such as cystic fibrosis and asthma.
- Genetic causes such as Down syndrome (Mongolian children), Torno syndrome.
- Hypothyroidism and deficiency in isolated growth hormone, Laron syndrome caused by a disorder in the growth hormone receptors, especially in the liver or so-called growth hormone sensitivity.
- Delayed puberty in addition to the structural growth of the body, which may have happened with the father previously, in addition to lack of dizziness, which leads to failure to grow, so we have to treat immediately.