How to increase my height

Causes of short stature?

• If short stature results from a growth hormone (GH) deficiency, GH treatment can often boost growth.
• The most common cause of short stature is having parents whose height is below average, but around 5 percent of children with short stature have a medical condition.
• Conditions that can underlie short stature include:

1. undernutrition, due to a disease or lack of nutrients
2. hypothyroidism, leading to a lack of growth hormone
3. a tumor in the pituitary gland
4. diseases of the lungs, heart, kidneys, liver, or gastrointestinal tract
5. conditions that affect the production of collagen and other proteins
6. some chronic diseases, such as celiac disease and other inflammatory disorders

• Some types of short stature can be diagnosed at birth. In other cases, routine visits to a pediatrician should reveal any abnormal growth pattern.
• IF you reach puperty and the bone ending closed , There rarly any intervention to do
• Also if Your hight related to your genetic background , doctors cannot treat such condition
• test to diagnosis short stature?

1. IGF1
2. a thyroid-stimulating hormone test, to check for hypothyroidism
3. a complete blood count, to test for anemia
4. metabolic tests, to assess liver and kidney function
5. erythrocyte sedimentation and C-reactive protein tests, to assess for inflammatory bowel disease
6. urine tests can check for enzyme deficiency disorders
7. tissue transglutinase and immunoglobulin A tests, for celiac disease
8. imaging scans, such as an x-ray of the skeleton and the skull or an MRI, can detect problems with the pituitary gland or hypothalamus