Suggest Treatment For Rapid Growth Of Bones And Excessive Body Hair In A 2 Year Old

Posted on Wed, 19 Aug 2015

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Wed, 19 Aug 2015 Answered on

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Question : I think my two year old bones are growing to fast and he has a lot of body hair

Answered by Dr. Shehzad Topiwala (4 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Endocrine

Detailed Answer:
I follow what you are saying.

Your son needs to be examined thoroughly by a paediatric endocrinologist.

There are some medical conditions that can cause children to have abnormally faster growth. He needs to be checked out for these. Some tests that will likely be ordered by the specialist could be:

CBC
CMP
TSH
Free T4
Bone age X rays

Further hormone tests like

Serum Total Testosterone
FSH
LH

will be considered based upon findings on physical examination and from results of preliminary testing.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar