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Socially awkward
Developmental delay
Impulsive behavior
Bad grades
Behavioral issues
Cognitive delay
Difficulty walking
Hyperactive child
Speech problems
Learning difficulties
Delayed puberty female
Difficulty with fine motor skills
About the Symptom
It refers to a child who has not gained the developmental skills expected of him or her, compared to others of the same age.
Possible Causes
Generally, Developmental delays can be related to:
- Metachromatic Leukodystrophy
Metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) or sulfatide lipidosis is a rare genetic disease that leads to the progressive destruction of the nervous system and causes lipids to accumulate in cells, especially in the brain, spinal cord, and nerves. This buildup is due to a deficiency of an enzyme called sulfatides, which helps break down lipids.
- Telangiectasia Ataxia
Ataxia-telangiectasia is a rare, inherited disorder that affects the nervous system, immune system, and other body systems starting in childhood, typically before age 5. It causes progressive difficulty with coordinating movements (ataxia), increased risk of cancer and infections. The disorder is due to mutations in the ATM gene, which controls the production of an enzyme that regulates cell division after DNA damage.
- Muscular Dystrophy
Muscular dystrophy (MD) is a group of diseases causing progressive weakness and muscle wasting. It is caused by mutated genes that normally allow healthy muscles to form. Different types of MD can appear at different ages, ranging from childhood to adulthood, and also present different levels of severity and clinical manifestations.
- Tics
- Neurofibromatosis
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy
- Tuberous Sclerosis
- Sleep Disorder
- Osteomalacia / Rickets
Doctor's Diagnostic Questions
Your doctor may ask these questions to check for this symptom:
- Is your child's development delayed compared to peers?
- Have you noticed an absence of pubic hair growth?
- Was your voice change delayed?
- Did your first period start later than others?
- How long have you had delayed childhood growth and/or development?
Reviewed By:
Unnati Patel, MD, MSc (Family Medicine)
Dr.Patel serves as Center Medical Director and a Primary Care Physician at Oak Street Health in Arizona. She graduated from the Zhejiang University School of Medicine prior to working in clinical research focused on preventive medicine at the University of Illinois and the University of Nevada. Dr. Patel earned her MSc in Global Health from Georgetown University, during which she worked with the WHO in Sierra Leone and Save the Children in Washington, D.C. She went on to complete her Family Medicine residency in Chicago at Norwegian American Hospital before completing a fellowship in Leadership in Value-based Care in conjunction with the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management, where she earned her MBA. Dr. Patel’s interests include health tech and teaching medical students and she currently serves as Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Arizona School of Medicine.
Yoshinori Abe, MD (Internal Medicine)
Dr. Abe graduated from The University of Tokyo School of Medicine in 2015. He completed his residency at the Tokyo Metropolitan Health and Longevity Medical Center. He co-founded Ubie, Inc. in May 2017, where he currently serves as CEO & product owner at Ubie. Since December 2019, he has been a member of the Special Committee for Activation of Research in Emergency AI of the Japanese Association for Acute Medicine. | | Dr. Abe has been elected in the 2020 Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia Healthcare & Science category.
Content updated on Feb 6, 2025
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- Growing more slowly than a typical child
- Menstruation hasn't started even though I'm already more than 16 years old
- Still have not grown pubic hair despite being more than 16 years old
- All those around my age have had their voice change, except me
- My voice hasn't changed even though I'm more than 16 years old
- Growth slower than average
- Worried because everyone around has had their period already but I haven't
- All those around my age have pubic hair, except me
- Delay in motor skills
- All the girls my age have had their period, except me
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- Pubic hair is taking too long to come
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- My pubic hair is too slow in growing
- First period still hasn't come yet
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https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.08.29.24312810v1References
Developmental delay in children - Cleveland Clinic
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/14814-developmental-delay-in-children