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Pediatric Endocrinology (Expert Forum)

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Questions in the Pediatric Endocrinology forum are answered by Dr. Deanna L Aftab Guy, affiliated with Vanderbilt Children's Hospital. Topics covered include adrenal problems, diabetes insipidus, menstrual irregularities, obesity, parathyroid abnormalities, pituitary abnormalities, puberty concerns, rapid growth, rickets and bone disease, short stature, and thyroid.
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Concerned about my son's growth and muscle tone

by natismyname,
Our son is 11 months old and is 27 1/2 inches long and weighs approxima...
1

Spiral fracture in an infant

by Max1979,
Hello I adopted a child earlier this year after a long fight. He's bi...
1

premature adrenarche

by zwolf,
My son is 11 yrs old, he was diagnosed with premature adrenarche at 8 y...
1

What else could it be ?

by melbellmomof4,
My daughter at 5 1/2 had body odor. She is now 6yrs old and has pubic ...
1

Mental Retardation in Infant

by NiNi507,
My 12 month old granddaughter just diagnosed today with hyperthyroid pr...
1

high IGF-1 in teenager

by scampo,
Hello, My daughter went to the endocrinologist because we had some q...
2

advanced bone grotwth

by alecia23,
my grandaugter is 3 yrs old and doctors have diagnosed her with advance...
1

Newborn Low normal T4 High TSH

by ttyy,
Ultra Urgent Dear Dr D. Aaftlab, I have a nephew who is a baby boy. ...
4

ask an endocrinologist

by makarina,
my son is 8years/7months (born in april 2000) he is normal average weig...
4

Very small 2 year old

by Gavemmom,
I don't exactly know where this belongs into "topics" but I'm hoping yo...
4

is it puberty?

by anxiousmom007,
My daughter is 9 years 2 months old. She is very slim built- approximat...
2

low testosterone level in young boy

by MomofM,
My 9-year old son seems to have all the sypmtoms of low testosterone: V...
5

Precocious Puberty

by Mababol,
My 6 years old daughter started having symptoms of Precocious Puberty (...
7

My 3 year old has advanced bone age of 6 year old

by jean422,
Here is the background. My child is 3 years 3 months. (healthy- consist...
2

buds that wont go

by shan1227,
my 9 mo. old has huge breast buds that have never went away, her dr. sa...
4

not sure if my daughter is missing a pituitary gland

by banri,
I have a 8 months old daughter, she is diagnosed with hypopituitarism. ...
2

Congential Hypothyrodism

by lmf17,
My son was born 2 months premature. His newborn scan showed "moderatel...
3

Rapid growth rate

by camboranch,
My 9 yo old daughter was born with a mild case of hemi-hypertrophy dx a...
1

What could cause sudden weight loss in an apparently healthy toddler?

by Saruskabeth,
My son, 20 months old, suddenly dropped 4 lbs in 5 days. He has been ta...
1

bone age

by mharrell,
My daughter turned five years old in August. She is small for her age ...
3

14 year old with T.E. and high FTI

by Sparkyjo,
My son is 14 years old. He has a long history of low appetite, low stam...
1

Hashimoto but not hypothyroid

by Tanzi225,
Thanks for your reply- please can you go into more detail when you say ...
1

large scale hair loss in 10yr old girl

by Tanzi225,
Hi , I am very concerned about my 10 yr old daughter who has developed...
2

Normal TSH/Low Free T4

by pizzapie,
My friend has a 4 year old who has some developmental delays and has be...
1

Premature Adrenarche with elevated bone age

by alisa_110,
During our yearly physical, my 8 year old son's, pediatrician noticed p...
1

Bone scan done on my two years 10 month old dtr

by morgiesmom,
My pediatrician had a bone scan done on my dtr who is 2 years 10 months...
1

To Deanne

by Madhu79,
Hi Deanna This is in continuation to my previous question few month...
1

alcohol breath in a 3 1/2 year old boy

by a_mom05,
My 3 1/2 year old boys breath smells like alcohol. As fair as I know h...
1

Help for 14 year old son

by rjtam,
My son is 14 years old and he is of short stature, Between 5.3 and 5.4 ...
1

Son Very Heavy

by Tamera1965,
My son is 12 yo and is about 5'1, he weighs 165lbs. As a young boy he w...
1

Congenital hypothyroidism

by ricdon,
My daughter is now 15 days old. She had a diagnosis of CH through the s...
3

Related symptoms?

by mamabearjj,
My five year old daughter was found to have high blood pressure ( typic...
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