Short stature in children What are the reasons for the baby's height not growing? Do height increasing drugs have an effect on children? In fact, various factors can be the cause of a child's short stature, it is necessary for parents to pay attention to their child's growth chart and consult a pediatrician if there are any suspicious reasons. It is not useful to track the growth rate over time... Using standard growth curves, the child's height curve is drawn unnaturally from birth to 3 years old. Normal values ​​for age.. ### Risk factors in children's short stature Shortness is: height less than the normal 3% percentile on the growth curve, height that is abnormally short compared to the height of the parents (probably genetic), or height loss among the main percentiles of the growth curve (ie, you should not wait until the height loss is less than the 3% percentile). The normal growth rate is between 3 years and 5 cm in #short children in #puberty years... The causes of short stature include: growth hormone deficiency, intrauterine growth retardation, disease or chronic illness, child neglect, nutritional deficiencies and malabsorption syndromes, other endocrine disorders, chromosomal disorders, and bone dysplasia... Benign causes of short stature include genetics/familial short stature, but it is the most common cause of short stature. Height can be referred to nutritional deficiencies in children. Birth history, previous and family history, examination of systems and detailed physical and neurological examination are necessary for diagnostic examinations.. The growth chart will be necessary in the first stage for the examination... The average height of parents indicates genetic issues: Girls: 13 cm is subtracted from the height of the father and averaged with the height of the mother. Boys: 13 cm is added to the height of the mother and averaged with the height of the father. The treatment of short stature in children depends on various factors, in patients who are treated with growth hormone, the greatest increase in height can be seen in the first year.