Dysplasia in children

Unfortunately, not always the child is born healthy, and parents should invest a lot of time and energy to help their kid to find what he has lost. Often in children of the first year of life, joint dysplasia can be seen, which is detected both at birth and during scheduled examinations of the orthopedist at 3, 6 and 12 months.

The disease is serious enough and requires a long treatment, which is not easy for the baby and mother. If dysplasia is not treated, then the child, standing on the legs, will not walk well, limping, and in the future this situation will lead to a wheelchair. So start fighting the disease as soon as possible, so that by the year to see the long-awaited effect and remove the diagnosis.

What are the signs of dysplasia in children?

If the mother notices that when the legs are bred during gymnastics the toddler is straining, he does not like such actions, or she hears clicks during massage and charging, then this is an occasion for immediate application for qualified help. Relative signs of joint dysplasia in children are asymmetrical creases on the legs, but this is not always an indication of deviation.

Treatment of joint dysplasia

For very young babies from birth to 9 months, Pavlik's soft stirrups or Freik's pillow are used , depending on the type of disease - dislocation, subluxation, congenital dislocation. Closer to the year the child wears a more rigid design, which clearly fixes the aching joint, it is called a tire-brace with tutors.

Such designs are removed from the baby only during bathing. And the rest of the time the child spends in them, because without such fixation of the joints, the treatment will be ineffective.

In addition to the stirrups and struts, the baby is constantly undergoing therapeutic massage, electrophoresis with calcium preparations, exercise therapy and the ultrasound-controlled process throughout the course of treatment. As a rule, you can cure this disease if you notice it on time.

Dysplasia of connective tissue in children

In addition to all known dysplasia of the hip joints, there is another disease, which has a similar name, but quite different in its meaning - it is dysplasia of soft tissues in children, it is also called "muscle".

With all the variety of terms, the meaning is reduced to the fact that the child at the genetic level still in utero had an incorrect laying of cells of connective tissue, and she, as is known, is present in all organs and systems of man. Because such a diagnosis - this is not one specific disease, but a set of abnormalities in the body.

To diagnose a child with muscular dysplasia is not easy. He may have such abnormalities as increased mobility of ligaments and joints (gutta-percha), valgus structure of the foot, curvature of the spine and thorax, disorders in the work of the heart and digestive organs, problems with vision and the vascular system.

All this can be observed both individually and together, and only an experienced doctor, after a thorough all-round examination, can identify the disease. Treatment of dysplasia of soft tissues in children is reduced to maintaining a healthy lifestyle with a constant feasible load on the body in the form of physical education and unprofessional exercise (swimming, dancing, bicycle).