@drsermedmezher: POV: You Gave Your Child Growth Hormone. Sources- PMID 18683056 connorsinannmotion on TT The idea of administering human growth hormone to a healthy, normal height child to provide an extra boost in their final adult height is biologically possible but strongly discouraged by pediatric endocrinologists. During childhood, bones lengthen at specialized cartilage areas called epiphyseal plates. If extra synthetic hormone is injected into the body before these plates naturally fuse shut at the end of puberty, it can stimulate accelerated bone lengthening. However, in children whose bodies are already producing the optimal amount of hormones naturally, years of daily, painful injections will typically yield a marginal gain of only one to three extra inches. Subjecting a healthy child to these injections introduces severe, potentially lifelong health consequences because it overloads a delicately balanced endocrine system. Excess growth hormone impairs how cells process glucose, rapidly inducing insulin resistance and heavily increasing the risk of early onset Type 2 diabetes. Furthermore, the hormone signals all tissues to grow, which can lead to the dangerous and irreversible enlargement of internal organs, particularly the heart, raising the lifelong risk of cardiovascular disease. It can also cause skeletal deformities by accelerating conditions like scoliosis or disproportionately thickening the jaw and hands, leading medical professionals to universally condemn using this powerful medication as a cosmetic tool to alter genetics. #height #looks #hormones

Dr Sermed Mezher MBChB MRes

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