What does a young bone age mean

Children’s growth is what the family is most concerned about. Especially when the child’s body is developing rapidly, it is easy to compare your own children with other people’s children, such as height and weight. A child's height is closely related to his or her bone age. If the bone age is too high or too low, it will have some impact. This is something parents need to understand. So, what does a young bone age mean? Let’s take a look below.

After a year, the child's age increases by one year, but his bone age may increase by less than one year, exactly one year, or more than one year. Therefore, there will be a certain difference between bone age and age. Bone age may lag behind age, that is, the bone age is too young, be consistent with age, or be ahead of age, that is, the bone age is too old.

Generally speaking, the normal range of the difference between bone age and age is between plus or minus 1 year. Within this range, a younger bone age is better than an older bone age.

Too small

Diseases such as idiopathic short stature, growth hormone deficiency, and hypothyroidism will cause the bone age of adolescents and children to lag behind their age and be too small. Due to the influence of the disease, these children have delayed bone age, slow height growth, and retarded growth and development. Not only will their height growth lag behind during the growth and development process, but their height in adulthood will also be lower than that of their peers. They are more likely to suffer from mental illness due to their lack of height, which is more detrimental to their future development.

As children grow, parents should regularly monitor changes in their children's bone age. Before puberty, their children's bone age should be measured once a year, and after entering puberty, their bone age should be measured every six months to keep abreast of their children's bone age. For children who are too big or too small, the cause should be found out in time and targeted treatment measures should be taken.

For children whose bone age is within the normal range of plus or minus 1 year and whose age is within the normal range, parents should pay attention to their children's diet, control their weight and do appropriate exercise to slow down the growth of bone age and prevent the bone age from growing too fast and exceeding the normal range. Keep the child's bone age within the normal range and younger than his age, so that the child has more room to grow.

What to do if your bone age is too young

First of all, we must ensure that our children have a balanced diet, are not picky eaters, and ensure that they get adequate nutrition from food. Children who are picky eaters are generally prone to malnutrition, which leads to their small stature.

At the same time, children should eat more fresh vegetables and fruits to supplement the body with a variety of vitamins and trace elements, because comprehensive nutrition can ensure healthy development of the body, and the lack of any small amount of elements will be detrimental to physical development.

Children should also develop good habits of going to bed early and getting up early, and not staying up late, because children's growth hormone is secreted most during sleep. So if you want your child to grow taller, you must ensure that your child gets enough sleep.

Let your children participate in more outdoor sports and get more sun exposure. When children exercise, they can speed up their metabolism. Get more sun exposure because sunlight can promote the body's absorption of calcium, which is beneficial to bone development.

Usually, children's young bone age is related to calcium deficiency in the body. Usually, you can let your children eat more fish, pork rib soup, and foods high in calcium, which will be more conducive to bone growth.

Drug treatment is not recommended. Because children are in the stage of physical development, no matter what kind of medicine they take, they will have certain side effects on the body. If the bone age is relatively young, within one year, you just need to pay more attention to the above aspects. If it is much smaller, it is recommended to go to a regular hospital for treatment under the guidance of a doctor.