{"id":6381,"date":"2026-04-29T11:14:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T11:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voxzogopatient-pprd-001.azurewebsites.net\/en-us\/?page_id=6381"},"modified":"2026-06-10T09:46:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T09:46:13","slug":"impact-on-growth","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.voxzogo.com\/en-us\/impact-on-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"Impact on Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"acf-block-6645d6c30881a\" class=\"block wrapped-content block-tight-top\">\n    <div class=\"wrapper\">\n        <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n                \n<div id=\"acf-block-6645d6c308956\" class=\"block-wysiwyg\">\n            <h1>The effects of reduced and disproportionate growth<\/h1>\n<p style=\"color: #72246c\"><strong><span class=\"\"  data-mobile-support=\"0\"  data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex='0' role='link'>Achondroplasia<\/span> impacts different aspects of physical development, especially early in life<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Along with reduced and disproportionate growth, achondroplasia can affect health throughout life.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"acf-block-69fb3e5b3f449\" class=\"block wrapped-content bg-band bg-band-secondary block-zero-bottom block-remove-bottom-padding\">\n    <div class=\"wrapper\">\n        <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n                \n<div id=\"acf-block-69fb3e5b3f60b\" class=\"block-wysiwyg\">\n            <h1>There are potential health impacts associated with achondroplasia<\/h1>\n<p>Many health impacts are <strong>more common in the first 2 years of life<\/strong>.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"acf-block-6645f55aebcf6\" class=\"block split-content equal-bias bg-band bg-band-secondary content-align-top block-zero-top block-zero-bottom block-remove-top-padding\" data-muted-autoplay=\"false\">\n\t<div class=\"wrapper\">\n\t\t<div 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              <li style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.voxzogo.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/04\/Impact_icon_2skull.svg);\">\n                                                    <p><strong>Smaller opening a the base of the skull (foramen magnum stenosis)<\/strong><\/p>\n                                                <\/li>\n                                                                                                                                                                                            <li style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.voxzogo.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/04\/Impact_icon_3alignment.svg);\">\n                                                    <p><strong>Spinal alignment<\/strong><\/p>\n                                                <\/li>\n                                                                                                                                                                                            <li style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.voxzogo.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/04\/Impact_icon_4narrow.svg);\">\n                                                    <p>Narrow spinal canal (spinal stenosis)<\/p>\n                                                <\/li>\n                                                                                    <\/ul>\n                                                                                                                        <\/div>\n                    \n                                            <div class=\"content-block second-block\">\n                                                            \t\t                            \t\t                                                                    <ul class=\"icon-list\">\n                                                                                                                                                                                            <li style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.voxzogo.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/04\/Impact_icon_5elbow.svg);\">\n                                                    <p>Limited elbow extension<\/p>\n                                                <\/li>\n                                                                                                                                                                                            <li style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.voxzogo.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/04\/Impact_icon_6bowing.svg);\">\n                                                    <p>Leg bowing<\/p>\n                                                <\/li>\n                                                                                                                                                                                            <li style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.voxzogo.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/04\/Impact_icon_7proportionality.svg);\">\n                                                    <p>Body disproportionality<\/p>\n                                                <\/li>\n                                                                                    <\/ul>\n                                                                                                                        <\/div>\n                                                \t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"acf-block-6866f460d0e1f\" class=\"block wrapped-content bg-band bg-band-secondary block-zero-top block-zero-bottom block-remove-top-padding\">\n    <div class=\"wrapper\">\n        <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n                \n<div id=\"acf-block-6866f460d0e55\" class=\"block-wysiwyg\">\n            <p><span class=\"\"  data-mobile-support=\"0\"  data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex='0' role='link'>VOXZOGO<\/span> has been approved to increase linear growth in children with achondroplasia. Proactive and multidisciplinary care can help your doctors to recommend management and treatment approaches for your child.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"acf-block-69f0ba0f0c41a\" class=\"block call-to-action vox-cta magenta\">\n    <div class=\"wrapper\">\n        <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n            <div class=\"box\">\n                <div class=\"vox-cta-content\">\n                                        \n                                            <h3>Ongoing results with VOXZOGO<\/h3>\n                                        \n                                            <p>The impact of VOXZOGO continues to be studied.<\/p>\n                                        \n                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voxzogo.com\/en-us\/clinical-results\/\" class=\"button button-text button-graphic\" target=\"\">\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"icon\" 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