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Suggest Treatment For To Increase The Height
Hi,I have five kids,age20,age17,age13,age6,and age4. they all are shorter than their age fallows. is it possible to increase their height by medicine. somebody has told me to use homyo medicine barium carb 200 along with calcium fast 200.what do you suggest to me
Thu, 27 Aug 2015
Hi,
Welcome to health care magic,
Height is determined by a combination of genetic and environmental factors.
Human growth is regulated by somatotropin (human growth hormone) which is secreted by anterior pituitary gland, which gradually subside after adolescence.
Bones grow by contribution of new bone from growth plates at each end of long bones. After adolescence these get ossified & there after no further growth is possible.
Thus height of females or in case of males, stops to increase further at the age 16 to 18 years and 18 to 21 years respectively.
There is not any medicine available in allopathy who can increase in height.
However,you can give healthy and balanced diet with vitamins,minerals and calcium with vitamin D
Although some orthopaedic surgeons or hospitals claim to increase the length of bones by applying traction and thus height but all these are related to bone itself.
Consult your family physician for further advice.
Take care,
Thanks and Regards,
Welcome to health care magic,
Height is determined by a combination of genetic and environmental factors.
Human growth is regulated by somatotropin (human growth hormone) which is secreted by anterior pituitary gland, which gradually subside after adolescence.
Bones grow by contribution of new bone from growth plates at each end of long bones. After adolescence these get ossified & there after no further growth is possible.
Thus height of females or in case of males, stops to increase further at the age 16 to 18 years and 18 to 21 years respectively.
There is not any medicine available in allopathy who can increase in height.
However,you can give healthy and balanced diet with vitamins,minerals and calcium with vitamin D
Although some orthopaedic surgeons or hospitals claim to increase the length of bones by applying traction and thus height but all these are related to bone itself.
Consult your family physician for further advice.
Take care,
Thanks and Regards,
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