Sometimes newborn babies diagnosed with hip dysplasia and prescribe the wearing of the stirrups. Is it not just for the child and for the parents know only those who went through it. Limited movements kid is naughty and does not sleep well at night, and parents heart bleeds. In the end, many do not stand up and start to look for other treatments.
Some people believe that dysplasia - a consequence of a traumatic experience, something like a hip dislocation and deal with it can a chiropractor. Is it so? But let us first sort out the diagnosis.
What is dysplasia? If we look in the medical reference, we see that the dysplasia - is underdevelopment of the joint elements (acetabulum and femoral head). Worst-case scenario - when hypoplastic depression, that is, the form it instead of the cup, completely covering the head like a flat saucer. The depression can be so flat that the head is in it just does not normally held. This condition is called subluxation. The extreme degree of underdevelopment of depression - a congenital dislocation of the hip when his head is out of the depression.
But do not confuse congenital dislocation associated with hypoplasia of the joint, with traumatic that the child really could get in childbirth. It can be the right under general anesthesia. But it should be noted that the newborn is extremely rare.
Do chiropractor help? Dysplasia was formed a few months in utero. Accordingly basin undeveloped for several months and at one time it is impossible to round during manipulation. Therefore, help the chiropractor or, as people say, chiropractor, a child does not need. When dysplasia reduce a nothing, because the femoral head, and so is in the joint, a cavity in where it should stay, is not formed and it is necessary to create conditions so that it dorazvilas right.
How to treat dysplasia. Unfortunately, to achieve the formation of a joint in most cases can only be so unloved by parents stirrups, since they ensure proper retraction and fixing the hips.
In each case the decision is made by an orthopedic surgeon, to which the registration you will have to get up as soon as the child suspect this diagnosis. He will examine the child for the presence of such features as the hip abduction, shortening of a hip, clicking in the hip joint, the asymmetry of the folds on the thighs and buttocks. Though in rare cases dysplasia can proceed without the presence of all of these symptoms. Such dysplasia referred to as "dumb." Therefore, if a doctor suspected a child this problem - he would appoint an ultrasound or x-ray of the hip joints. These surveys will provide an opportunity to put an orthopedist 100% correct diagnosis.
IMPORTANT: If your doctor has prescribed child stirrups have to listen to his advice, otherwise you can seriously harm the child's health, in advanced cases, dysplasia can lead to disability. And remember that in the period of treatment, the child is categorically impossible to put on their feet.
Listen to your doctor. If it does not cause you trust - go to another orthopedist. But do not worry, please focus on the stories of neighbors and friends who are advised to "immediately remove this terrible thing, because the child is not their buddies wore stirrups, and it all went itself. " This is roughly the same as the stories of those who was not wearing at the wheel and survived. But the statistics are stubborn things - in 80-90% of cases die just those who were not wearing. Do not risk the health of their child.
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