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Low growth hormone and idiopathic short Stature.

About Kids & Teens | Last Active: Jul 13, 2025 | Replies (4)

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Thanks for replying. We have discussed the long term risk with my son. Who feels it is not only affecting his social life but his eventual college chances.
He is very good athlete and without height and weight gain, he feels he has no chance running cross country or track in college.

Since you have family member who have used growth hormone, has it effected their well being in anyway??

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It doesn't seem to have affected him, although he does have some heat intolerancedoctors are divided over whether the growth hormones could have contributed.

By the way, let your son know that in high school our 3 top metro cross country runners were all under 5'4" and 120 pounds. I ran practice with our HS boys' team because there was no cross country for girls back in the 60's.