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Psychogenic dwarfism medical therapy
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Treatments of psychogenic dwarfism include hormone therapy and surgery.
Medical Therapy
Medical Therapy
While the cure for psychogenic dwarfism is questionable, some studies show that placing the child affected with the disease in a foster or group home increases growth rate and socialization skills.
- Removal of stresss, supplying an environment full of love, care and happy for the children to grow and develop.
- Hormone therapy: Children of psychogenic dwarfism may receive daily injections of a synthetic version of growth hormone for several years until they reach a maximum adult height. It may continue throughout adolescence and early adulthood to ensure adult maturation. The treatment may be supplemented with other related hormones if they also are deficient.
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