FULL FORM OF STH

WHAT IS STH

            STH stan for Somatotropin Hormone.It is also called human growth hormone. It is secreted by the pituitary gland. It stimulates the growth of essentially all tissue of the body,including bone. It is important for normal physical growth in children,its secretion rise progressively during childhood and and peak during the puberty.

         In biochemical terms this hormone stimulates protein synthesis and increase breakdown of fat to provide the energy required for the growth of tissue.

CAUSES OF DEFICIENCY OF STH

   Deficiency of STH may cause short stature and dwarfism. It results mainly from damage to the hypothalamus or to the pituitary gland during foetal development. Deficiency of this hormone may also be caused by mutation in genes that regulates its synthesis and secretion.
  Short stature and growth hormone deficiency are often seen in children diagnosed with psychosocial dwarfism,which may cause of several emotional deprivation. when children with this order are removed from stressing,non nurturing environment,their endocrine function normalise hence their growth is also normalise.

    

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