People has been telling that i am getting shorter!!...well i was not that tall before ...just 153 cm. (18yrs old this yr). i've heard that you would stop growing in heigh after a certain age like 17 or 18 or so... But i've never heard of people growing shorter!!! What is this??...Anyone can help?? Would sleeping less make ppl shorter??...( i seriously doubt so!)... Pls Help!....Matured replies are really appreciated...^.^
2007-02-05 03:33:53 · 5 answers · asked by Rainbow 2 in Health ➔ Other - Health
Older people shrink because of loss bone mass or compression of the spine. See a doctor.
2007-02-05 03:43:28 · answer #1 · answered by R 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As you get older, you tend to shrink (I'm not sure if you'd refer to it as growing shorter)
Sometimes it's a question of posture of curvature of the spine.
This normally only happens later in life, 18 would really be an exception.
Most people probably lose 1 to 2 inches as they hit 50 years of age. My grandmother went from 5'6" to about 4'9" but is was a curvature of the spin in her case.
2007-02-05 11:45:11 · answer #2 · answered by Johnny 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Growing shorter is an oxymoron. We cannot "grow" shorter.
We grow to a specific height based on our genetic composition then stop. Around the age of 30, we begin to shrink.
2007-02-05 11:40:28 · answer #3 · answered by S H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What I have heard is that after a while, that the earths gravitational pressure will slowly push our bodies down against the earth and make us shorter.
I have also heard that you are taller in the morning than in the afternoon. Why? Im not sure myself
2007-02-05 11:44:46 · answer #4 · answered by Rozi 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
one cant j,ust cannot
2007-02-05 11:41:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋