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Lesli, 

I was just catching up with the Cel-Kids list group and saw your post. There could be other issues 
that are preventing your son from normal growth. I just did a Google sear ch on "slow growth in 
children" and I am sending you information from just the first site that came up.

 My son has had a number of health and educational issues and the response from the doctors 
and educators is usually "don't worry"! My son ended up needing two surgical procedures to 
correct his reflux pro blem, but two board certified pediatric GI specialists told me not to worry, it 
was probably just his anixety. Well one day I asked my son, "how do you feel today?" and when he 
said, "Mother, I nev er feel well", I knew that I would move heaven and earth to figure out why he 
didn't feel well, and what to do about it. 

Please find another doctor if you can, and try to get some answers. 
Carmen 

Glossary for Poor growth Developmental problems: Physical or mental development difficulty. 

Failure to thrive: Inadequate or interrupted physical growth. 
Growth symptoms: Symptoms related to poor or excessive growth. 
Healing symptoms: Impaired healing of body damage. 
Short stature: Smallness or shortness of stature. 
Weight gain: Gain of body weight. 
Weight loss: Loss of body weight. 

What is Poor growth: Normal growth is important for infants, children and adolescents. A slowing 
of growth rates can indicate various medical problems, even if it does not lead to weight loss. In 
other words, it is not enough to have some growth, but the growth rate must be enough for the no 
rmal rate. 

Growth rates and metrics such as weight, height, and head circumference should b e evaluated 
against average ranges, and any change in the percentile ranking assessed careful ly. Any growth 
abnormality needs early professional medical diagnosis, especially for in fants and children. 

What causes Poor growth: Medical conditions causing symptom: 
Poor growth (51 conditions) 
Medical conditions causing complication: Poor growth (14 conditions) 

Types of Poor growth: short stature (13), 
failure to thrive (14) 

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