Growth Disorder WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Growth Disorder
A growth disorder is an umbrella term for a range of problems that might be preventing growth in a child or infant. Diseases of the kidneys, heart, gastrointestinal tract, lungs, bones, or other body systems may affect growth. Other symptoms or physical signs in children with these illnesses usually give clues as to the disease causing the growth delay. However, poor growth may be the first sign of a problem in some of these conditions. Some of the examples of diseases that may effect growth are failure to thrive, endocrine diseases and Turner syndrome.1
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- To pinpoint the cause of slow growth, the patient may be referred to an endocrinologist. 2
- Blood tests, urine tests and X-rays, and a MRI of the pituitary gland may be ordered to determine a diagnosis.2
- Symptoms of a growth disorder include slow weight gain, weight loss, slow height gain, slow head circumference gain or irritability.3
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Research Notes References
- ↑ KidsHealth: What is a Growth Disorder?
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 aHealthyMe!: What is a Growth Disorder?
- ↑ WrongDiagnosis: Growth Disorder
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- Contributor: Elisa Carter
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
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- Contributor: Elisa Carter
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Growth diisorders, Growth and disorder, Growth and disorders, What is growth disorder, What is growth disorders, Growth Disorders
- Last update: Nov. 28, 2008
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
