Poor Growth Causes & Reasons

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Possible Causes

Growth Failure

[…] of a child with poor growth. [rch.org.au]

[…] failure an absolute indication for tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy (T&A), they may not be accustomed to screening for poor growth, and thus unlikely to consider it when recommending [semanticscholar.org]

Significant intercurrent illnesses coinciding with onset of poor growth. Vomiting and diarrhoea. Developmental delay, regression or syndromal causes of poor growth. [rch.org.au]

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Growth Hormone Deficiency

Patients with NFNS who show poor growth should be evaluated for GHD. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

If patients have signs and symptoms of poor growth, the health care provider may: Order an X-ray on the wrist to assess the maturity of the skeleton "bone age." [together.stjude.org]

[…] excluding chronic, non-endocrine causes of growth failure, these children should be assessed for GHD if there is an association of poor growth velocity (height velocity 1 [touchendocrinology.com]

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Methylmalonic Acidemia with Homocystinuria Type cblJ

Clinical features include feeding difficulties, poor growth, hypotonia, lethargy, anemia, and developmental delay. [malacards.org]

The patient had feeding difficulties, poor growth, hypotonia, and developmental delay. [findzebra.com]

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Isolated Succinate-CoQ Reductase Deficiency

Clinical features include psychomotor regression in infants, poor growth with lack of speech development, severe spastic quadriplegia, dystonia, progressive leukoencephalopathy [genecards.org]

Other symptoms—including sinus infections, poor growth, and infertility—affect other parts of the body. [ecitydoc.com]

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Patent Ductus Arteriosus

Shorter duration of palliation, aggravation of branch pulmonary artery stenosis resulting in poor growth and difficulty at surgery makes ductal stenting controversial. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

This can lead to signs of congestive heart failure, including labored breathing, difficulty feeding, and poor growth. How is Patent Ductus Arteriosus detected? [stmaryhealthcare.org]

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Familial Dysautonomia

They commonly suffer from severe gastrointestinal problems, poor growth, repeated pneumonia, and eye damage caused by the inability to produce tears. [knowyourgenes.org]

growth, and labile blood pressure (episodic hypertension and postural hypotension). [snpedia.com]

Some adult patients have died of renal failure. [8, 11] Other clinical signs encountered include tachycardia, hypertension, delayed development and poor growth, drooling and [emedicine.medscape.com]

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Singleton Merten Syndrome

; Russell-Silver syndrome (RSS) is a rare condition associated with poor growth both .... Do you have more information about symptoms of this disease? ..... [xdlrwffz.gq]

growth and variable phenotypic manifestations, such as facial dysmorphism and congenital heart defects, associated with mosaic aneuploidies resulting from defects in cell [mendelian.co]

Other findings may include neurologic problems, generalized short stature, muscle weakness; poor muscle tone ( hypotonia ); progressive wasting of the muscles ( muscle atrophy [rarediseases.info.nih.gov]

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TMEM70-Related Mitochondrial Encephalo-Cardio-Myopathy

The most frequent symptoms at onset were poor feeding, hypotonia, lethargy, respiratory and heart failure, accompanied by lactic acidosis, 3-methylglutaconic aciduria and [wwww.unboundmedicine.com]

Symptoms further included: developmental delay (98%), hypotonia (95%), faltering growth (94%), short stature (89%), non-progressive cardiomyopathy (89%), microcephaly (71% [wwww.unboundmedicine.com]

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Malnutrition

Poor weight gain and slowing of linear growth occur. [emedicine.com]

growth, rickets, and hypocalcemia Vitamin A: Night blindness, xerophthalmia, poor growth, and hair changes Folate - Glossitis, anemia (megaloblastic), and neural tube defects [emedicine.com]

Some studies indicate that poor growth secondary to inadequate nutrition occurs in as many as 10% of children in rural areas. [emedicine.com]

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Hereditary Hypophosphatemic Rickets with Hypercalciuria

Hypophosphatemia in children leads to rickets resulting in poor growth and frequently in skeletal deformities. [jcrpe.org]

Lessened parental surveillance, poor taste of phosphate preparations, and lack of convincing demonstration of therapeutic benefits in asymptomatic individuals contribute to [ec.bioscientifica.com]

Therapy in adults Metabolism After the years of burdensome therapy over the ‘pediatric’ period, which is essential to ensure adequate bone matrix mineralization and skeletal growth [ec.bioscientifica.com]

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Congenital Dyserythropoietic Anemia Type 1

From Wikidata Jump to navigation Jump to search Congenital dyserythropoietic anemiatype I (CDA I) is a hematologic disorder of erythropoiesis characterized by moderate to severe macrocytic anemia occasionally associated with limb or nail deformities and scoliosis Congenital dyserythropoietic anemia type 1 CDA type I[…] [wikidata.org]

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Lethal Ataxia with Deafness and Optic Atrophy

Neurological evaluation at the age 2.5 years showed poor somatic growth (10%ile), microcephaly ( P1 presented since first months with frequent vomiting and marked psychomotor [link.springer.com]

[…] and growth, scarce response to pain stimuli, absence of postural control, marked hypotonia and absence of spontaneous movements. [link.springer.com]

At the age of 8 years, following an accidental head trauma, he developed an acute psychomotor regression; 5 months later was admitted to our Institute, showing poor height [link.springer.com]

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Pseudoaminopterin Syndrome

Fetuses exposed to aminopterin during the 8th-9th week of development may show aminopterin embryophathy (AE). Surviving children have a specific phenotype that includes unusual face, skull, and skeletal abnormalities. Fraser et al. [Fraser et al. (1987); Clin Genet 32:28-34] described two children with multiple[…] [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Ventricular Septal Defect

In infants and children with large holes, symptoms develop such as breathing quickly, sweating with feeds, poor growth or exercise intolerance. [luriechildrens.org]

Large defects result in a significant left-to-right shunt and cause dyspnea with feeding and poor growth during infancy. [msdmanuals.com]

Small defects may cause no symptoms, and large defects may cause symptoms of poor growth, breathing difficulty, sweating and problems with exercise. [luriechildrens.org]

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Russell-Silver Syndrome

During the first 3 years of life there was poor growth with a further loss in height. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Definition Russell-Silver syndrome is a disorder present at birth involving poor growth. One side of the body also will appear to be larger than the other. [nicklauschildrens.org]

growth Short arms Short height (stature) Short, stubby fingers and toes Delayed stomach emptying, and constipation Wide forehead with a small triangle-shaped face and small [coordinatedhealth.com]

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Familial Short Stature

الصفحة 50 - Hambidge KM, Hambidge C, Jacobs M, Baum JD: Low levels of zinc in hair, anorexia, poor growth and hypogeusia in children. ‏ [books.google.com]

Nutritional deficiencies will cause poor growth eventually – a balanced diet with adequate calories and protein is essential for growth. [hgfound.org]

[…] referred to the Growth Center for evaluation of short stature or poor growth. [chop.edu]

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Esophagitis

Symptoms in infants: poor growth vomiting refusing to eat Symptoms in older children: heartburn difficulty swallowing or getting food items stuck in the esophagus. [tddctx.com]

Additional EoE symptoms may include: chest pain abdominal pain heartburn poor appetite need to eat slowly vomiting poor growth food impaction or lodging in the esophagus EoE [northshore.org]

This damage may make eating difficult or uncomfortable, potentially resulting in poor growth, chronic pain, and/or difficulty swallowing. What are the symptoms? [apfed.org]

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Alagille Syndrome

Newborns with Alagille syndrome may have jaundice, a yellowish tint of the eyes and skin, and poor growth during their first few months. [childrenshospital.org]

Symptoms may include jaundice, severe itching and white nodules on the skin, loose or clay-colored stool, poor growth, insufficient weight gain, and deficiency of vitamins [phoenixchildrens.org]

[…] with Alagille syndrome may experience one or more of the following complications: malabsorption problems such as diarrhea poor growth or delayed puberty liver failure portal [childrenshospital.org]

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Vitamin D Deficiency

Rickets Known as osteomalacia in adults, this condition, which causes poor growth and bone deformities such as bow legs, was pretty much wiped out in the Western world, but [home.bt.com]

Poor growth. Height is usually affected more than weight. Affected children might be reluctant to start walking. Tooth delay. [patient.info]

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Common Cold

Zinc supplementation has been shown to improve growth in children with sickle cell disease [ 46 ]. [ods.od.nih.gov]

[…] cross-sectional survey suggest that 44% of children with sickle cell disease have a low plasma zinc concentration [ 45 ], possibly due to increased nutrient requirements and/or poor [ods.od.nih.gov]

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Glycogen Storage Disease Type 6

Individuals with GSD VI can present with hepatomegaly with elevated serum transaminases, ketotic hypoglycemia, hyperlipidemia, and poor growth. [emedicine.com]

Initial symptoms can vary, common childhood symptoms are: a swollen abdomen due to an enlarged liver, a history of poor growth or short stature, frequent feeding – always [agsd.org.uk]

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Urinary Tract Infection

growth weight loss or failure to gain weight irritability vomiting poor feeding diarrhea Older children urgency to urinate incontinence during day and/or night frequent urination [childrenshospital.org]

growth in an infant Treatment UTIs are treated with antibiotics. [healthychildren.org]

Symptoms may include: In babies: Fever Abdominal pain Abdominal fullness Foul-smelling urine Poor growth Weight loss or failure to gain weight Irritability Vomiting Poor feeding [stanfordchildrens.org]

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Urinary Tract Disease

growth in an infant Treatment UTIs are treated with antibiotics. [healthychildren.org]

Such pooling over a prolonged period of time can create an environment for favorable bacterial growth Keeping diabetes (blood sugar levels) under control Sexual partners may [dovemed.com]

[…] use the toilet vomiting, refusal to eat abdominal pain side or back pain foul-smelling urine cloudy or bloody urine unexplained and persistent irritability in an infant poor [healthychildren.org]

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Maple Syrup Urine Disease Mild Variant

Infants may have feeding problems, poor growth, maple syrup odor in urine and developmental delay. Older children usually present with learning difficulties. [orpha.net]

Symptoms include poor growth and feeding, irritability, and developmental delays. [mayomedicallaboratories.com]

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Rickets

KEYWORDS: Failure to thrive,; Osteopenia,; Poor growth; Rickets,; Vitamin D, [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

It causes bone pain, poor growth and soft, weak bones that can lead to bone deformities. [nhs.uk]

In this report, we present two cases presenting with poor growth, severe pain, and respiratory problems secondary to calcipenic rickets. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Acute Gastroenteritis

[…] and poor intellectual development.[13] Definition Diarrhea is defined by the World Health Organization as having three or more loose or liquid stools per day, or as having [en.wikipedia.org]

[…] diarrhea are also a common cause of malnutrition and the most common cause in those younger than five years of age.[2] Other long term problems that can result include stunted growth [en.wikipedia.org]

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Large Ventricular Septal Defect

In infants and children with large holes, symptoms develop such as breathing quickly, sweating with feeds, poor growth or exercise intolerance. [luriechildrens.org]

Large defects result in a significant left-to-right shunt and cause dyspnea with feeding and poor growth during infancy. [merckmanuals.com]

After several days or weeks, the following may appear and suggest the presence of a VSD: Abnormal heart murmur Labored breathing Poor feeding Poor growth How is Ventricular [stjoeshealth.org]

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Mitochondrial Disease

Additional clinical findings present in all cases include: developmental delay (3/6 cases), seizures (3/6), and poor growth (3/6). [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Depending on the specific type of mitochondrial disease, common symptoms include muscle weakness, imbalance, gastrointestinal problems, poor growth, liver disease, heart disease [mayoclinic.org]

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Vitamin D Deficiency with Rickets

It causes the bones to become soft and weak, which can lead to deformity and poor growth. [thesun.co.uk]

Clinical description The disease manifests within the first year of life with hypotonia, tetany, seizures, muscle weakness, and poor growth. [orpha.net]

Vitamin D deficiency should be suspected in young newcomers to Canada who are at risk and present with pain, irritability and poor growth or skeletal deformity, or rickets [kidsnewtocanada.ca]

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Cystic Fibrosis

Other names Mucoviscidosis Clubbing in the fingers of a person with cystic fibrosis Specialty Medical genetics, pulmonology Symptoms Difficulty breathing, coughing up mucus, poor [en.wikipedia.org]

Symptoms usually appear in childhood and include meconium ileus, poor growth despite good appetite, malabsorption and foul bulky stools, chronic bronchitis with cough, recurrent [icd9data.com]

A 14-year-old Chinese Malaysian boy presented with a history of recurrent pneumonia, poor growth and steatorrhoea since childhood, and was diagnosed with CF. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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