Can taking hormones really help you grow taller?

A child's height is mainly inherited from his parents. If the parents are relatively short, it is very unlikely that the child will grow taller. Some parents are afraid that their children's height will be like their own, which will cause trouble in their future life, so they will find many ways to promote their children's height development. Some parents will even give their children hormones. Can hormones really help them grow taller? The following will tell you in detail the role of growth hormone on height.

1. Overview

In life, many parents hope that their children can grow taller, so they pay special attention to their daily nutrition. If they find that their children are short, parents will even use growth hormone to achieve the goal. Growth hormone can stimulate the growth of articular cartilage and epiphyseal cartilage, so it is the key to height increase. Once the human body lacks growth hormone, its growth will stop. However, the therapeutic effect of growth hormone is related to many factors, and it has strong side effects, so special attention must be paid.

2. Steps/Methods:

1. Improper use of growth hormone can cause side effects. Excessive use can reduce insulin sensitivity and cause glucose intolerance. Most growth hormone users suffer from diabetes and require insulin treatment. They also suffer from menstrual disorders, loss of libido, and impotence.

2. Growth hormone can indeed play a certain role in increasing human height, but its abuse can also bring great negative effects. Once growth hormone is abused, it will accelerate the closure time of the human epiphysis. Therefore, it is not recommended to use growth hormone without authorization or abuse it.

3. If growth hormone is used under the guidance of a doctor during the growth and development period, it will be effective and will not cause harm to the body. However, if puberty has passed and the epiphysis has completely closed, not only will it be ineffective, but it will lead to acromegaly and precocious puberty, which are extremely harmful to the body.

3. Notes:

Finally, we want to say that for low birth weight babies caused by intrauterine growth retardation, growth hormone can help children grow faster and approach normal height. For friends with constitutional growth retardation, growth hormone treatment can also achieve satisfactory height increase effects. In addition, growth hormone treatment can help recovery after large-area burns and major surgery, but it must be under the guidance of a doctor.