Growth delays, which starts before birth ( intrauterine growth retardation)
Overgrowth of one side of the body (hemihypertrophy or asymmetry)
Unusual characteristic facial features.
Growth delay in childhood
Enlarged liver
Progressive cirrhosis of the liver (which may lead to liver failure)
May affect muscles and heart in late-onset type ...
Growth delays and failure to gain weight in infants and children
Lack of a bowel movement in first day or two of life in a newborn
Nausea ...
Progressive growth delays
Short stature
Unusual head and facial (craniofacial) features
Wide-spaced eyes (hypertelorism)
Short head, measured front to back (brachycephaly)
Small, upturned broad nose with flat nasal bridge
Protruding jaw ...
Constitutional growth delay is a term used to describe children who are small for their age but who have a normal growth rate.
Constitutional growth delay, physiologic delay of puberty
The change in the physical appearance of the child is delayed, as he or she becomes a teenager and then an adult.
Cataract -- aberrant oral frenula -- growth delay ... small nose
Catarrh ... runny nose, postnasal drip
Caterpillar complication poisoning ... runny nose
Cerebro oculo skeleto renal syndrome ... flat nose
Cerebrorenodigital syndrome ...
Constitutional growth delay, also known as delayed puberty. A child with this condition enters puberty later than average, but is growing at a normal rate. Most of these children tend to eventually grow to about the same height as their parents.
Robinow syndrome is an extremely rare inherited disorder characterized by mild to moderate short stature due to growth delays after birth (postnatal growth retardation); distinctive abnormalities of the head and facial (craniofacial) area; ...
Growth Delay, Constitutional
Growth Hormone - Medical Test
Growth Hormone Binding Protein Deficiency or Dysfunction
Growth Hormone Deficiency
Growth Hormone Receptor Deficiency or Dysfunction
Growth Retardation-Rieger Anomaly ...
constitutional growth delay with delayed adolescence or delayed maturation
A child who tends to be shorter than average and who enters puberty later than average, but is growing at a normal rate.
If untreated, severe mental retardation, growth delays, deafness, and other neurological abnormalities can occur. To treat congenital hypothyroidism, synthetic thyroid hormone is given daily, in most cases.
Teens who have constitutional growth delay grow at a normal rate when they're younger kids, but they lag behind and don't start their pubertal development and their growth spurt until after most of their peers.
Growth delay is also fairly frequent. A-T is an autosomal recessive disease caused by inactivating mutations of the ATM gene (11q22.3).
If a ventricular septal defect is causing significant growth delays, or is creating too much pressure in the lungs, surgical repair provides an excellent outcome.
Virtually all patients have some growth delay and some have mental difficulties. The face is characteristic with a square configuration, broad forehead, flat midface and a broad nasal bridge.
Other findings may include progressive growth delays, short stature, and/or unusual head and facial (craniofacial) features.
The children who fall into this group include those with familial short stature or constitutional growth delay. Those with familial short stature are born with genes that determine their short height, and they usually have parents who are short.
Some children may have a growth delay, which means that a child is small for his or her age but is growing at a normal rate. Children with this delay usually reach puberty later than others their age, and they continue to grow until an older age.
Liver disease occurs in 90-100% of patients and often leads to growth delay or failure as a result of malnutrition.
Constitutional growth delay
Craniopharyngioma
Cushing's disease
Delayed puberty (causes temporary short stature, but normal height is eventually achieved)
Down syndrome
Hypothyroidism that develops before birth
Inflammatory bowel disease ...
Growth delay in children
Hair loss
Itchy skin (dermatitis herpetiformis)
Missed menstrual periods
Mouth ulcers
Muscle cramps and joint pain
Nosebleeds
Seizures
Tingling or numbness in the hands or feet
Unexplained short height ...
Atypical symptoms: Weight loss, growth delay, fever, night sweats, chills
PPD
*All patients require a chest x-ray when they present for the first time with chronic cough.
Crohn disease[5]
Sickle-cell disease and thalassemia, which can cause growth delay and delayed puberty[6]
Congenital heart disease
Cystic fibrosis, which can delay puberty[7]
Leukemia ...
Food challenges may need to be done under medical supervision. Be aware that diet restrictions can lead to poor nutrition and growth delay in babies and children, so talk with your healthcare provider about maintaining a well-balanced diet.
 See also: Symptom, Deficiency, Mental retardation, Short stature, Cancer
  
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