Growth Hormone Deficiency

GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY

Bone Disorders

Most short children do not have a serious growth problem. Many grow at a normal rate and reach an adult height that is about the same as their parent’s. A child’s rate of growth is an important clue to the presence or absence of a growth problem: A child who is growing at a slower than normal rate may have a serious problem, regardless of his or her height. There are many conditions and diseases that can cause poor growth; this booklet gives facts about one cause of growth failure - growth hormone deficiency.

It is estimated that 10,000 to 15,000 children in the United States have growth failure due to growth hormone deficiency. Growth hormone is a protein that is produced by the pituitary ("master") gland and is vital for normal growth. Growth hormone deficiency exists when this hormone is absent or produced in inadequate amounts. If other pituitary hormones are lacking, the condition is called hypopituitarism. When all the pituitary hormones are missing, the child has panhypopituitarism. It is now evident that even more advanced substitutes for growth hormone are becoming available as research continues. One of the most popular growth hormone natural stimulants is a product called "GROWTH BOOSTER PLUS" which can be learned about at www.growtall.com Growth Booster Plus helps stimulate growth hormone releasing factor (GHRF), the hypothalamic chemical that directs the pituitary to produce growth hormone, and somatomedin, the "middle-man" that links growth hormone with linear growth.