Question
Can children grow tall without using growth hormones?
Answer
Can growth hormones alone ensure that children grow tall? Is there a clear boundary? Children don’t necessarily need growth hormones to grow tall. The use of growth hormones cannot guarantee rapid growth and its effectiveness varies from person to person. First, from the perspective of children’s growth and development, height increase is a relatively slow process, and it is impossible to see significant effects immediately after taking medication. Second, in clinical practice, the standard for determining the effectiveness of growth hormone treatment for children with short stature is to increase the annual growth rate of the patient by more than 2 centimeters compared to before treatment. Therefore, parents should avoid falling into the misconception that using growth hormone treatment can make children grow tall quickly. This concept is neither realistic nor in line with the laws of natural science.