Short stature is a genetic disorder in which individual height is less than 3rd percentile or 2SD below the average for age of the population reference standard.
Causes
- Genetics
- Under nutrition
- Hypothyroidism
- Tumour in pituitary gland
- Chronic diseases like celiac diseases and other inflammatory disorders
- Mitochondrial disease
- Diseases of the lungs, heart, kidney, liver or gastrointestinal tract.
Symptoms
- Short stature
- Treatment
- Thyroid hormone replacement can be used to treat hypothyroidism
- Growth hormone injections
- Counselling
