One of the most common defects of fetal development - congenital clubfoot. Almost one in three children is born with this disease, and the boys are clubfoot twice as often as girls. How dangerous clubfoot whether to treat her or she can pass herself standing, try to understand this article.
Modern methods of pregnancy examinations can detect this disease in the womb. Since clubfoot does not pose any threat to the child in the future and, moreover, successfully treated, then a further harboring or abortion issue is not - Pregnancy saved.
Violations in the formation of muscles and ligaments in the fetus occur more in the third month of pregnancy. This may be due to the genetic factor and a number of other reasons:
- A small amount of amniotic fluid, which is why there is a mechanical pressure on the lower limbs of the fetus, which often leads to clubfoot in children
- Reception mother narcotic drugs
- Pathological toxicosisduring pregnancy
- The deficit of the nerve fibers in the fetus, which influences the further formation of fetal bone and muscle tissue
During the first months after the birth of a baby, it is necessary to appeal to the children's orthopedist for a decision to further deformity correction. Generally, treatment prishodit combined conservative and surgical procedures in which the method includes quite a lot of physical therapy, including physical therapy, massage, and wearing special shoes. Such manipulations sometimes take a long time, up until adolescence.
It is important to understand that the unresolved problem of time with clubfoot in the future may result in one of the limbs shortening!
Clubfoot might not be congenital and acquired, so if you have started to notice at least one of the following signs appeal to the orthopedist, there shall be immediate, as the consequences for the body can be very different:
If toddler walking "rakes" one footDue to the fact that one foot is turned towards the other foot, it can be not only ankle problem, but also a consequence of the curvature of the cervical spine, which can even lead to eyesight
In the presence of clubfoot muscles develop unevenly and asymmetrically. Because of this strain, and muscle stiffness can occur frequent headaches, sleep disorders, chronic fatigue, weakness of the body.
Clubfoot affects walking specificityThat visually makes the X-shaped legs
To prevent further health complications the baby, you need timely access to a specialist. Do not expect that, over time clubfoot will pass by itself. The best age to remedy this defect is the age from a few months to three years, and only thanks to the timely referral to a specialist.
Also be sure to ask about how to choose children's shoes on the advice of a podiatrist
