Accurate diagnosis of growth problems and customized growth treatment for children.
Growth is shaped not only by genetics but by a combination of many environmental factors, so the causes of growth disorders are also very diverse. To treat a growth disorder, it is essential to know the exact cause, and treatment must differ depending on that cause. The Dangol Hospital Growth Clinic accurately diagnoses growth disorders, guides the growth potential of children whose growth plates are still open, and treats children with risk factors so they can grow healthy and straight. Close collaboration with other specialties, including pediatric spine, joint and corrective exercise therapy, allows us to provide more accurate, systematic and personalized growth treatment.
If 100 children of the same age and sex were chosen at random and lined up by height, a child among the three shortest would be considered to have short stature, as would an adult whose final height is 150 cm or less. In general, a growth disorder should be suspected if a child grows less than 4 cm per year between age 2 and puberty. There are many reasons a child may not grow tall, but they fall broadly into disease-related and non-disease-related causes. A child may be short because one parent is short, because growth hormone or other hormones are not secreted, or because of a congenital disorder of the bones or growth plate cartilage. Nutrition and lifestyle habits can also be important factors affecting growth.
There are many reasons why a child may not grow tall, so diagnosing the exact cause of short stature is the most important step. The Dangol Hospital Growth Clinic uses a growth assessment to identify the cause of short stature in detail and provides customized growth treatment tailored to each cause, helping to create the best growth environment through the treatment your child needs most.
We help correct lifestyle habits that interfere with your child's growth and build healthy ones.
We assess your child's physical fitness and provide a personalized exercise program.
For children with a tilted pelvis, a curved spine or bow legs, we correct body alignment with brace treatment and exercise therapy so they can grow to their full height.
