Nguyen Tri Phuong Hospital offers free screening for children's slow growth

The program aims to promptly detect children with problems of slow growth in height, especially due to lack of growth hormone (GH). At the same time, the program also provides knowledge and guidance for parents on how to care for and monitor their children's growth to ensure their comprehensive and healthy development.

The program for screening for slow growth in children is also part of the goal of helping improve children's height - part of the joint effort "Improving Vietnamese stature" of Nguyen Tri Phuong Hospital.

Doctor Vo Duc Chien, Director of Nguyen Tri Phuong Hospital, spoke at the launching ceremony of the program of Screening for slow growth in children.

At the ceremony, Dr. Vo Duc Chien, Director of Nguyen Tri Phuong Hospital, said: "After 8 consecutive years of implementing the program of screening for slow growth in children, Nguyen Tri Phuong Hospital has received thousands of cases for examination, not only in Ho Chi Minh City but also in many other provinces and cities, showing the interest of parents in the development of their children's height as well as the spread of the program."

According to Dr. Vo Duc Chien, screening helps detect children with slow growth due to growth hormone deficiency - a rare disease that is difficult to detect but is a common cause of slow growth in children. Thanks to that, children can be treated promptly and improve their height effectively before it is too late.

In Vietnam, it is a fact that children are often only discovered by their parents to be stunted in growth when they reach school age, that is, when they have the opportunity to compare their height with their peers. Sometimes, the stunted growth of children can also be discovered by chance when they go to see a doctor for another medical condition.

Doctor Tran Thi Ngoc Anh, Department of Endocrinology, Nguyen Tri Phuong Hospital, shares with parents about the problem of slow height growth in children.

Doctor Tran Thi Ngoc Anh, Department of Endocrinology, Nguyen Tri Phuong Hospital, generally recommends that parents should closely monitor their child's height. If they see that the growth rate is less than 4 cm/year, they should take the child to see a doctor immediately.

If the child's height curve is horizontal or downward and malnutrition has been ruled out, then it is very likely that the child is experiencing slow growth due to growth hormone deficiency.

The outlook for children with growth hormone deficiency is largely dependent on when treatment is started. If the condition is diagnosed and treated early, the child may reach a near-normal height or even develop normally like other children his or her age.

Measure height for children to screen for slow growth in height

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Since its inception in 2017, the Child Growth Screening Program of Nguyen Tri Phuong Hospital has screened approximately 2,400 children free of charge. The total number of children diagnosed with growth hormone deficiency through the program is more than 200.

In 2024, the program is expected to receive about 300 children for examination with 8 examinations in 4 weeks. Children will be examined not only in Ho Chi Minh City but also in neighboring provinces and cities.

Parents listen to doctor's advice to screen their child's height growth

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The Department of Endocrinology, Nguyen Tri Phuong Hospital continues to accept children who register for screening for slow growth until June 16, 2024. Children will receive free examinations and X-rays.

To receive free screening, children need to register in advance via hotline: 0923041579 or 0815221437 between 8am and 5pm (including Saturday and Sunday). The registration reception department will have screening questions to select the right recipients for examination, improving the effectiveness of the screening program.

The screening program will take place from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. every Saturday from June 1 to June 22, 2024 and from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. every Sunday, from June 2 to June 23, 2024.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/benh-vien-nguyen-tri-phuong-mien-phi-tam-soat-cham-tang-truong-chieu-cao-tre-em-185240601180819498.htm