Our Sites. Patient Procedures. Fast Facts About Growth Hormone GH Treatment Growth hormone injection treatment is prescribed for children who have been diagnosed with growth hormone GH deficiency and other conditions causing short stature.
A number of other tests must be conducted first to confirm GH deficiency, Turner Syndrome, or other conditions for which GH therapy is indicated. These tests may include stimulation tests, MRIs, and x-rays. GH treatment has few side effects. GH treatment is a safe, effective way to treat growth hormone deficiency, Turner Syndrome, and a few other conditions associated with short stature.
How Growth Hormone Treatment Works Once a child has been diagnosed with GH deficiency, Turner Syndrome, or other conditions treatable with GH therapy, the pediatric endocrinologist will discuss the pros and cons of, and usually recommend, GH therapy.
There may be a few other things you notice: Your child may outgrow his or her shoes quickly. Foot growth may occur within 6 to 8 weeks, so you may have to buy new shoes more often. Your child may want to eat more. An increase in appetite is common, especially if he or she had a poor appetite before treatment. Your child may look skinnier for a while once height growth starts. An increase in lean body mass and decrease of fat mass are common with GH treatment.
Although the length of treatment varies, your child probably will have to stay on GH treatment until he or she has: Reached his or her full adult height Reached full bone maturity Grown less than 2 cm in the last year. Getting and Giving GH Injections GH injections are quick and almost pain-free, so children ages 10 and up may be able to and often prefer to give themselves their own injections.
If left out overnight, you may place it back into refrigerator and continue to use it. When traveling, keep it in the cooler provided in the starter kit for up to 10 hours, then put on ice after 10 hours. Be careful not to place GH pens directly in ice — keep them separate by placing pen in a Ziploc bag. Time of Day Give GH at night, preferably within an hour of sleep. Try to give it consistently within an hour timeframe, for example between 9 and 10 p.
You may change the time occasionally, by a few hours earlier or later, but do not give before 5 p. Do not make up missed injections. For best results, try not to miss more than once per month. Injection Sites Use 4 of the 8 possible injection sites, and rotate them each time.
The sites are back of arms, top or outside of thighs, sides of belly, and outer quadrant of buttocks. Document the site used nightly on a calendar. Document when you open a new cartridge to keep track of expiration dates and how many injections have been used out of each cartridge. Since there is less uptake of glucose when Human Growth Hormones levels are elevated, the amount of adipose fat tissue declines.
Within the normal human body, HGH levels are periodic in nature. In order to maintain a healthy balance within the body, deep and sufficient sleep is required since it is during this time that HGH production rises.
HGH levels and insulin resistance are strongly linked. Since insulin performs its most important function shortly after a meal, it is important that HGH injections be taken several hours after the last meal of the day. By injecting the hormone shortly before sleep, the body is able to maximize the effects using the natural cycle.
Check it off! High fives! Creative ways to reward your child. Overcoming obstacles. Related links: Watch a video on how to give an injection, step by step. Selected Important Safety Information. Indications and Usage. You may give another person an infection or get an infection from them.
Contact the healthcare provider if you or your child start to have headaches, or have changes in behavior, changes in vision, or changes in moles, birthmarks, or the color of your skin new or worsening high blood sugar hyperglycemia or diabetes increase in pressure in the skull intracranial hypertension.
If you or your child has headaches, eye problems, nausea or vomiting, contact the healthcare provider serious allergic reactions. Get medical help right away if you or your child has the following symptoms: swelling of your face, lips, mouth or tongue, trouble breathing, wheezing, severe itching, skin rashes, redness or swelling, dizziness or fainting, fast heartbeat or pounding in your chest, or sweating your body holding too much fluid fluid retention such as swelling in the hands and feet, pain in your joints or muscles or nerve problems that cause pain, burning, or tingling in the hands, arms, legs and feet.
Tell your healthcare provider if you have any of these signs or symptoms of fluid retention.
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