How long can height increase? For Normal Person

Patients with endocrinology often come with a complaint that they are of low size. The growth hormone has been artificially produced and is in the service of healing. But can everyone help? Growth hormone (GH, growth hormone) is provided in the pituitary gland. This hormone is responsible for growth, but it also has other effects. Such is, e.g. that the body's muscle-fat ratio is pushed toward the muscle. The height may increase as long as the growth zones (epiphyses) allow this. The growth zones are located at the ends of the bones. They are open in childhood, with the possibility of developing new bone tissue to increase bone length. When these zones become ossified, no further increase in range is possible.

 If too many growth hormones are produced or GH has introduced artificially, then only the cartilage parts can grow on the body or on the body. There is a change in size in soft tissues along with other accompanying severe symptoms. This is a condition called acromegaly. Whether growth is possible can be determined by bone examination. This is most often done with a simple hand-radiograph. Using different methods, we compare the patient's records with the hand-radiographs of people of a given age.


Closes sooner than girls. On average, the girls are ca. At the age of 15-16, the epiphyses are finally settled, and boys may be extending up to 17-18 years of age. Usually, bone age is the same as age. In the case of growth hormone deficiency, the bone age is below the age. Growth zones are slightly longer than a period, and maturation of bones is delayed.



Such patients may receive growth hormone treatment based on specific criteria based on test results. This is continued until the epiphyseal is open. Low-growth, GH-deficient children begin to be treated with growth hormone as soon as possible, the higher they can grow. However, epiphyses, if somewhat slower, but sooner or later, are also closed in patients with GH deficiency. If they get to a doctor so late, unfortunately, elevation is no longer available. In the case of more advanced bone age, the completion of growth occurs earlier than expected from age. Bone ripening then accelerated. It should be treated as a trigger, but there are also occasions when there is no need to intervene. In conclusion, if the child is low, the parents should be taken to the child's endocrine clinic as soon as possible. After the growth zones are closed, we are no longer able to help patients with low growth.