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Hello my baby is 2.5 years old her height is 80cm which is less as per WHO. Her birth height 54cm and weight was 3.2kg. She has gained only 2 cms I last one year.
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Her height as per WHO growth charts is less than 3rd centile; technically short stature
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At this age a normal variant called constitutional short stature (CSS) is found in some children who mature late (if parents don't have short stature).
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If no other symptoms /illness, better to do an endocrinology consult for bone age assessment (delayed in CSS) and hormone levels esp thyroid and growth hormone
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Hi
By age of 4 year
Kid should be 100 cm
Kindly share mother and father height fir further management
Kindly consult with Paediatrician
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Dr. Bhatt Vivek Prafulchandra
Pediatrician
4 yrs exp
Rajkot
It's normal
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