NEED ADvice about my health?
Will a endocrinologist prescribe me human growth hormone?
I am 18 year and 5 month old male weigh 171lbs and am 5 feet 6 inches tall.
HERES MY STORY
I was extremely obese at 265lbs and my current height, started my diet on march 3rd when I was barely 16, 1 month before my 17th birthday. I was extremely belumic and annorexic dropping weight really fast. I stopped around christmas time at 142 lbs, extremely bony. I think I lost all muscle NO FAT. I looked like an old man, I never told the doctor about this. DO you think this stunt my growth. Will the doctor prescribe it for me so I can grow taller and to overall get a physical, to see if I am healthy. By the way my growth plates are still open. My real question is If I lose weight 1 pound of fat per week, will it affect the rest of the years of me growing. Please help me :)
THANK YOU:)
The reason is I want to grow, but get a six pack by losing the rest of the fat I have.
December 28th, 2010 - 22:08
An endocrinologist may or may not. How do you know if your growth plates are still open? Bone scan? If your growth plates are still open at this late age, you most likely have what is called Constitutional Growth Delay. CGD usually runs in families. You may have another male relative who was considered a "late bloomer". If you have CGD, you don’t need growth hormone, you just need time. If you have had a bone scan showing that your growth plates are not fused, they should have told you what your "bone age" is. In CGD, it usually lags about 2 years behind, meaning that you are probably nearing your full growth. If you want to try a responsible, healthy boost, try a product like Jarrow’s Bone Up and take the recommended dose. Most importantly, you need to eat a healthy, balanced diet, and not throw it up. Best of luck.