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GROWTH ALTERATION

GROWTH ALTERATION. Causes Symptoms Consequences Treatments Prevention Goals for the future People affected. CAUSES. Mutation of specific genes Congenital diseases or malformations Intracranial tumors Severe cranial traumatism Autoimmune inflamation (hypohysitis) Bad nutrition.

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GROWTH ALTERATION

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  1. GROWTH ALTERATION • Causes • Symptoms • Consequences • Treatments • Prevention • Goals for the future • People affected

  2. CAUSES • Mutation of specific genes • Congenital diseases or malformations • Intracranial tumors • Severe cranial traumatism • Autoimmune inflamation (hypohysitis) • Bad nutrition

  3. SYMPTOMS • It is impossible to define the symptoms because there are many because growth alteration can be produced by various pathological circumstances. • But one of them can be alteration in growth of stature that is very common, like delays in growth.

  4. CONSEQUENCES Some consequences are: • Degeneration and dystrophy (the muscles weaken as time passes). • Alteration of the circulation. • Inflammation. • Deformity of muscles. • Alteration in stature.

  5. DAILY INJECTIONS OF GROWTH HORMONE Injections of GH into the blood Successful in children Less effetiveness in adults BONE STRETCHING Surgery to strech the legs gradually Recommended to children whose bones are still growing Risk of infection TREATMENTS

  6. PREVENTION • The prevention starts by weighing and measuring our children when they are small. You have to bring your child to the doctor to make him a growth exam. This should be done periodically. • To diagnose an alteration in growth doctors should weigh and measure the child and draw a chart showing their growth curve.

  7. GROWTH CURVE

  8. Goals for the future • Right now for some alterations of growth we use growth hormone, which is a peptide hormone that stimulates growth and has no secondary effects. • For the future, it is expected to improve, but now it is still being investigated.

  9. PEOPLE AFFECTED • There are spontaneous cases all around the world • Growth alteration is more common in boys than in girls • It affects to 1 of every 4000 children

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