Dallas area growth doctor?

[Guest guest]

Hi Everyone,

Do any of you know of a good doctor you'd recommend to explore and address

extremely slow growth in a child? This is yet another health issue we need to

start addressing with my son. I suspect a hormonal imbalance to go along with

his immune system imbalance... which makes me a bit further imbalanced (agh!).

We could just ask the pediatrician for a referral but I thought I'd ask if

any of you knew of a doc who was especially good with this problem. Best case,

would be someone who was also knowledgeable about immune system problems to

possibly tie it all together.

Gaylen

[Guest guest]

What type of slow growth? Is the child's head not growing? Does the child

" wring " his/her hands?

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 11/11/2004 2:49:03 PM Central Standard Time,

tammylynncline@... writes:

What type of slow growth?

Pretty much all over. He's 13 but is the size of a typical small 8 year old.

He also has only lost a few of his baby teeth. He's had other health issues

that we've thought were causing this and they may still be but I want to be

sure. He has significant dysregulation of his immune system and had metals

toxicity from probably birth until a few years ago.

<< Is the child's head not growing?>>

It is growing consistent with the rest of his body. Overall, the growth is

just very delayed.

<<Does the child " wring " his/her hands?>>

I've never seen him do this. Is this a sign of a particular disorder other

than Rhett's Syndrome?

Gaylen

[Guest guest]

I was just wanting to rule out Rett's. The parents are probably the best

source for finding M.D.'s. Good luck!

[Guest guest]

I am reluctant to suggest Dr. Kendal in Austin because my family has

never been treated by him but I met a family that had their 7 year old high

functioning autistic son treated by him. He was taking a human growth

hormone and grew something like 3 inches in a short amount of time but I had

only

met him at the end of a recent growth spurt so I couldn't tell you how

dramatic the growth had been. If you want to e-mail me off the list I can talk

to

you about contacting this family if you would like to know more about their

personal experience. I haven't seen this family since June but back then their

son was the tallest kid in my son's class.