Men and boys, do you have a problem with your height? Are you shorter than you think you should be?
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I'm OK with my height, but some people are not as big as they should be, especially as teenagers. If the average height of my middle school presently is 5'0" now and the average height was 5'10" when i was in middle school, something is up. I think the FDA is approving too many drugs that can stunt growth in children.
iam a man and my height doesnt bother me. iam as tall as my dad, iam 5' 7 and iam ok with that.
Guys on here are way toooo worried about their height. They have to understand that if most of their family is 5'0 then their chances of being 6'5 is VERY SLIM. Plus, what are you calling a NORMAL height? You are going to mislead people into thinking that you can run to the doctor and get pumped full of growth hormones and all problems will be solved. THAT IS NOT THE CASE, and in MOST cases this WILL NOT HAPPEN.
If young people are getting the proper medical care and the doctor suspects that something is wrong, tests will be performed and the condition, if there is one, will be treated. Don't cause a mad rush to the doctor just to be disappointed.
Rare diseases characterized by inability to make or respond to IGF-1 produce a distinctive type of growth failure. One such disorder, termed Laron dwarfism does not respond at all to growth hormone treatment due to a lack of GH receptors. The FDA has grouped these diseases into a disorder called severe primary IGF deficiency. Patients with severe primary IGFD typically present with normal to high GH levels, height below -3 standard deviations (SD), and IGF-1 levels below -3SD. Severe primary IGFD includes patients with mutations in the GH receptor, post-receptor mutations or IGF mutations, as previously described. As a result, these patients cannot be expected to respond to GH treatment.
The IGF signaling pathway appears to be playing a crucial role in cancer. Several studies have shown that increased levels of IGF lead to an increased risk of cancer. Studies done on lung cancer cells show that drugs inhibiting such signaling can be of potential interest in cancer therapy.[1] * Velcheti V, Govindan R . Insulin-Like Growth Factor and Lung Cancer. Journal of Thoracic Oncology 2006;1:607-10
IT IS RARE THAT THIS DEFICIENCY WILL OCCUR. YOU ARE MISLEADING PEOPLE LADY!
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Ummm...no.
This is bad information. The answerer above me is correct.
People are way to concerned about height when there is nothing that will change the genetics alread programmed in...growth hormones are dangerous, they are also banned subsances in sports and they will not cause you to grow beyond what you would have normally, nor have they been proven to help someone who is shorter than normal grow any taller.
If someone is getting their regular check-ups the doctor will already know if they are below average or not. If they are below average the doctor will have already started the testing process to see why..
so stating that a growth hormone is the answer is fool hardy especially if you are not medically qualified to make such statements...
Besides, half the questions about height, weight or penis size are asked either by trolls, or somebody who is advertising...just ignore them...
****Side note...I'm 6'1" and I did get a growth spurt when I was 12...my son is 14 and 6'2" and he is in a growth spurt...so do not discount people who say there will be one...it is the generally the rule, not the exception.
hi ... I'm 5'10'' and yes it comes a times that i was bothered by my height cuz I'm the oldest brother and all my younger brother's height are about 6' . but now I'm ok and I'm not bothered by it anymore
This is a very complex question and the correct answer should be from a endocrinologist. I have a excellent endocrinologist checking my kid. He's stop growing near 15 or 18 months old. At 4 years he looks similar to his 2 years sister and in few months the sister was bigger. After many exams and evaluations we found that he's body is producing the growing hormones but is not absorbing them correctly. Is not a normal case. We start the treatment with Norditropin five years ago and the response was incredible. He's now complete normal related to the bone age.
Remember that the body of many people are not intended to be normal according to the standard heights. The standard curb use by many doctors are for Caucasians and others groups like Hispanic (in my case) deserves different measures because the bodies are a little smaller (in general). Is important to understand that this is not for everyone because if your are predetermined to be 5'-3" for example a hormone treatment is not going to make you bigger than that. The high of the parents and other family members are the principal standards to follow the growing of a kid.
When I was a teenager one of my friend was like 4'-11" high and no member of his family are bigger than 5 feet. He was completely normal.
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