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Height and growth spurt
Doctor my age 16 .and I check my wrist x Ray my growth plate was fused...is in my age it is incomon? My height is now 5.3 half..for this I can not have my second growth spurt...boys and girls have their second growth spurt at age of 17.or 18 but ...in my case my growth plate was fused in my age of 16..so I cannot grow taller...is my gf can have another growth spurt she is 5.3 and her age is 16 ...can she have a another growth spurt...plzz ans
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Dr. Rajesh K
General Physician
10 yrs exp
Bangalore
Not to be worried. It’s not mandatory that there is no growth spurt for or there will be growth spurt ur gf.
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Kindly meet orthopaedic doctors for further help on bone issues
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