Finally, insufficient zinc appears to be linked to a higher risk of dwarfism, diarrhoea and pneumonia.Of course it is difficult to disaggregate the effects of deficiencies in micronutrients from hunger more broadly.
In people the condition is known vulgarly as dwarfism.
Fungus poisoning Vitamin D deficiency Dyslexia Drug addiction Delirium tremens Obesity hypoventilation syndrome Epilepsy Dystonia Dwarfism.
The phenomenon of giantism is common, while dwarfism occurs at the highest altitudes.
In addition, short stature and GH deficiency are often found in children diagnosed with psychosocial dwarfism, which results from severe emotional deprivation.
(For the physiology of dwarf human beings, see dwarfism. See also Pygmy).
Examples of disorders involving this growth mechanism include rickets and achondroplastic dwarfism.
GH deficiency is one of the many causes of short stature and dwarfism.
A related condition is Hurler-Scheie syndrome (MPS I H S), which causes dwarfism, progressive blindness, deafness, and heart failure.
Hypothyroidism in infants, though treatable, can occasionally lead to severe intellectual disability and growth retardation leading to dwarfism.
Paralympic athletes compete in six different disability groups amputee, cerebral palsy, visual impairment, spinal cord injuries, intellectual disability, and "les autres" (athletes whose disability does not fit into one of the other categories, including dwarfism).
