growth disorders
Stunted maturation conditions
Growth disorders are medical conditions affecting normal physical development, causing a person to grow too slowly, too quickly, or disproportionately.
Causes range from hormone deficiencies to genetic conditions like dwarfism or gigantism.
The term typically applies to children: The pediatric endocrinologist specializes in growth disorders.
Treatment often involves hormone therapy when caught early.
- malnutritionDisease from dietary inadequacy
- precocious pubertyPremature onset of sexual development
- hypothyroidismInsufficient thyroid hormone production
- fetal alcohol syndromePrenatal alcohol exposure disorder
- pituitary glandBrain-base hormone producer
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- growthgrow, growing, increase, increasing, expansion
- endocrinehormones, thyroid, pituitary, adrenal, parathyroid
- Hormone Disordershyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, acromegaly, gigantism, dwarfism
- childhood ailmentschickenpox, measles, mumps, croup, ear infection
- Childhood Conditionsasthma, diabetes, epilepsy, cystic fibrosis, cerebral palsy
- birth defectsbirth defect, birth defects, malformation, cleft lip, cleft palate