Can Endocrinologist Help with Height?

If your child has growth failure or short stature, even without any other signs or symptoms, your doctor might send you to a pediatric endocrinologist. This is a doctor who specializes in children's growth and hormones. The endocrinologist will ask about your child's growth and will do a careful exam.

Does endocrinologist treat height?

A child that has a height plot that is below the 3% line is considered to have short stature. Such children need evaluation by a pediatric endocrinologist or a growth specialist to identify the cause of short stature.

Which hormone increases height growth?

Human growth hormone (HGH) is an important hormone produced by your pituitary gland. Also known as growth hormone (GH), it plays a key role in growth, body composition, cell repair, and metabolism ( 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 ).