The common complex in any society is: a determined tall person is often admired, but not a determined short person. This is the reason most of the parents of short children give their children synthetic human growth hormones [hGH] drugs.

But the worst thing is hGH drugs are given even for children who are not hormone deficient. In other words, the drugs are given to healthy children who happen to be short.

Health experts feel that it is a potentially dangerous treatment for a social prejudice. For children deficient in growth hormones, this drug can increase height by 6 inches. For other short children, it only increases height by 1 or 2 inches.

For children not deficient in growth hormones, it makes them grow faster but no taller. But actually they don’t need growth hormones to grow faster. Instead these drugs may cause dangerous side effects like hypertension, kidney damage and leukemia.

So, parents, come out of the ‘height syndrome’. Make sure your children lacks essential growth hormones before giving them hGH drugs.