Delayed growth

Contents for Poor growth

Introduction: Poor growth
Causes (2366 conditions)
Causes of Types
Diagnostic tests (31 listings)
Questions your doctor may ask (and why) (22 listings)
Combined symptoms
News (8 listings)

Poor growth

Delayed growth: Delayed growth is listed as an alternate name or description for symptom:

Poor growth

Causes of Poor growth (Delayed growth): See detailed list of causes below.

Poor growth (medical symptom): Poor body growth or delayed physical development.

Introduction: Delayed growth

Poor growth (medical symptom): Normal growth is important for infants, children and adolescents. A slowing of growth rates can indicate various medical problems, even if it does not lead to weight loss. In other words, it is not enough to have some growth, but the growth rate must be enough for the normal rate. Growth rates and metrics such as weight, height, and head circumference should be evaluated against average ranges, and any change in the percentile ranking assessed carefully. Any growth abnormality needs early professional medical diagnosis, especially for infants and children.

Causes of Poor growth (Delayed growth)

The list of medical condition causes of Poor growth (Delayed growth) includes:

14q+ syndrome - growth retardation
18-Hydroxylase deficiency - failure to thrive
18p minus syndrome - growth retardation
1q deletion - growth retardation
2-Methylbutyric Aciduria - poor growth

All 2366 causes of Poor growth

More Specific Symptoms for Delayed growth:

Review the causes of the following types of more specific symptoms for Delayed growth:

Short stature (1396 causes)
Failure to thrive (955 causes)
Slowed growth (6 causes)
Growth suppression (4 causes)
Dwarfism (119 causes)

Related Symptoms for Delayed growth

Research the causes of these related symptoms that are similar to, or related to, the symptom Delayed growth:

Weight loss (2248 causes)
Weight gain (360 causes)
Short stature (1396 causes)
Poor healing (41 causes)
14q+ syndrome
18-Hydroxylase deficiency
18p minus syndrome
1q deletion
2-methylbutyryl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase deficiency

Broader Symptom Types for Delayed growth:

Research the causes of these symptoms that are more broader types of symptom than Delayed growth:

Growth symptoms (2485 causes)
Developmental problems (4007 causes)
Infant symptoms (2900 causes)
Child health symptoms (230 causes)

More Symptom Information for Delayed growth

For a medical symptom description of 'Delayed growth', the following symptom information may be relevant to the symptoms: Poor growth (symptom). However, note that other causes of the symptom 'Delayed growth' may be possible.

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