Yu smɔl pikin gɛt bow leg? Lɛ wi lan bɔt Blount in Sik!

Mama en papa, una don eva notis se we yu smol pikin stat waka, o we dem de ron en ple, dem leg de bend insay, lek di leta "C"? i nכmal fכ bebi dεm fכ bכn sכmtεm leg dεm. Bɔt, i nɔ kin apin da we de ɔltɛm. Sɔntɛnde, dis kin bi wan sik wae dɛn kɔl Blount’s Disease , wae na tin wae yu fɔ wɔri bɔt. So tide, wi go tok abaut am ditail, laik se yu padi de tel yu abaut am.

Wetin rili na di sik we dɛn kɔl Blount’s Disease?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, di sik we dɛn kɔl Blount na wan sik we kin afɛkt di we aw di tibia , we na di tik bon we de dɔŋ di ni, de gro pan pikin dɛn. Dɛn kin kɔl am bak tibia vara . Na di ɛnd dɛn na wi bon dɛn spɛshal pat dɛn de we dɛn kɔl growth plet . Na dɛn plet dɛn de de mek wi bon dɛn gro, ɛn wi de gro lɔng. pan Blount in sik, di growth plet we de insay di tibia nכ de gro fayn fayn wan. Dɔn di leg kin bigin fɔ bɛn insay ɛn kruk.

i nכmal fכ yכŋ pikin dεm, spεshal wan we ol lεk wan ia, fכ gεt sכm bכtכm leg dεm (wi kכl dεm "bכl lεg"). We dɛn bigin fɔ waka, dis bow kin dɔn smɔl smɔl ɛn dɛn leg dɛn kin stret arawnd we dɛn ol tu ia. Bɔt pikin we gɛt di sik we dɛn kɔl Blount nɔ kin lɔs dis bow na dɛn leg. I kin bi mɔ we di pikin de gro.

Wetin na di difrɛns bitwin di nɔmal fɔ butu na di leg ɛn di sik we dɛn kɔl Blount?

Pan ɔl we yu si dɛn tu tin ya fɔs, i go tan lɛk se na di sem, big difrɛns de.

• Fisiolojikal Bowing: Dis kin rili kɔmɔn pan yɔŋ bebi dɛn. We dɛn bigin fɔ waka, bɔku tɛm we dɛn ol tu ia, dis we aw dɛn de butu dɛn leg dɛn go stret fɔ insɛf . Dis nɔ nid ɛni spɛshal tritmɛnt.
• Blount’s Disease: Dis na wan sik we di leg we de dɔŋ di ni kin bɛn insay . Dis bɛnd de rili klia. Dis nɔ kin bɛtɛ fɔ insɛf as di pikin de gro, ɛn i kin ivin wɔs .

Naw yu ɔndastand di difrɛns, nɔto so? No nid fɔ fred smɔl pikin in leg dɛn we kruk smɔl. Bɔt if i kɔntinyu fɔ de, ɔ i tan lɛk se i de wɔs, yu fɔ rili go to dɔktɔ.

Udat kin gɛt di sik we dɛn kɔl Blount? Udat dɛn de pan big risk?

Pan ɔl we ɛni pikin kin gɛt di sik we dɛn kɔl Blount, sɔm pipul dɛn kin gɛt bɔku prɔblɛm.

• Ej: Dɛn kin sho di sik pan pikin dɛn we dɔn pas wan ia, bɔku tɛm we dɛn ol bitwin 1 ɛn 3. Dɛn kin kɔl dis di sik we dɛn kɔl early-onset Blount’s . Sɔmtɛm, dis sik kin kam wae pɔrsin dɔn pas yɔŋ ɔr ivin leta. Dɛn kɔl dis di sik we dɛn kɔl let-onset Blount’s .
• Bɔdi wet: Pikin dɛn we gɛt bɔku bɔku bɔdi , ɔ we kin gɛt bɔku bɔku bɔdi kwik kwik wan, kin gɛt dis sik.
• Fɔ waka tumɔs: Sɔm stɔdi dɔn sho se pikin dɛn we bigin fɔ waka bifo 12 mɔnt kin gɛt prɔblɛm bak.

Bɔt mɛmba se, di sik we dɛn kɔl Blount in sik na sik we nɔ kin apin so ɔltɛm . Dɛn ripɔt se i kin afɛkt less dan 1% pan di pipul dɛm.

Aw di sik we dɛn kɔl Blount kin afɛkt pikin in bɔdi?

dis kכndyushכn de mek di pikin in shin bon (tibia) nכ de divεlכp fayn, we de mek di leg bεnd insay. Bifo di fut finga dɛn de pɔynt stret fɔ go bifo, dɛn kin tɔn insay. di leg kin kכba lεk di lεta "C".

If dɛn nɔ trit dis fayn, di sik kin wɔs.

• Di kɔba we di leg kin kɔba kin bɔku, ɛn dis kin mek i nɔ pɔsibul fɔ waka .
• I kin tranga fɔ du tin dɛn lɛk fɔ ple ɛn ɛksesaiz we gɛt fɔ du wit yu leg dɛn.
• Di nerve damej kin apin na di leg.
• Kɔndishɔn lɛk at at sik na di ni kin mek pɔsin fil pen.

Imajin, yu smɔl pikin lɛk fɔ rɔn ɛn jomp ɛn ple, bɔt dis difrɛns na dɛn leg de mek dɛn nɔ ebul fɔ du dat fri wan. Aw dat de mek wi at pwɛl? Na dat mek i impɔtant fɔ no bɔt dis ɛn tek akshɔn kwik kwik wan.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm fɔ Blount in sik?

Di men sayn na we di leg de butu dɔŋ di ni . Ɔda sayn dɛn we de sho se yu gɛt dis sik na:

• di leg luk lεk se i bεn insay lεk di lεta "C".
• Dis bɛnd kin de na wan leg nɔmɔ ɔ na ɔl tu di leg dɛn.
• Di fut finga ɛn fut dɛn na di leg dɛn kin tɔn insay instead fɔ fes stret bifo.

Bɔku tɛm, pikin dɛn we de smɔl nɔ kin gɛt pen bikɔs ɔf dis leg we dɛn butu. Bɔt yɔŋ pipul dɛn kin gɛt pen na dɛn ni . Dis pen kin bɔku, mɔ we yu de ple, rɔn, ɔ jomp.

If di sik kam tranga, sɔm sayn dɛm lɛk:

• Atraytis na di ni
• I nɔ izi fɔ waka
• Jɔyn ɛn nɛv dɛn we dɔn pwɛl

Wetin kin mek pɔsin gɛt di sik we dɛn kɔl Blount? Yu tink se na frɔm dɛn gret gret granpa dɛn?

Dɛn nɔ dɔn no yet di rayt tin we kin mek pɔsin gɛt di sik we dɛn kɔl Blount .

Bɔt sɔm stɔdi dɛn dɔn sho se, lɛk aw wi bin dɔn tɔk, dis prɔblɛm kin bɔku pan pikin dɛn we kin bigin fɔ waka bifo 12 mɔnt ɛn pan di wan dɛn we kin gɛt bɔku bɔku wet kwik kwik wan we dɛn yɔŋ.

Ɔda stɔdi dɛn sho se i kin bi se na jɛnɛtiks . Dat min se, sɔntɛnde, i kin kɔmɔt frɔm dɛn gret gret granpa dɛn.I pɔsibul se sɔntin nɔ rayt. di prכblεm we de ya na dat di growth plet dεm we de insay di fεmur nכ de divεlכp fayn fayn wan. Wan jin we pɔsin gɛt frɔm in mama ɛn papa kin mek i nɔ fayn na dɛn plet dɛn ya we de gro.

Aw dɔktɔ go no fɔ tru se dis na Blɔnt in sik?

If dɛn tink se yu pikin in leg dɛn dɔn butu, di dɔktɔ go du fɔs fɔ chɛk in bɔdi gud gud wan . Dɔn, dɛn go ɔda fɔ mek dɛn tek ɛkstrem rayt fɔ di pikin in leg dɛn. Dɛn kin tek dis ɛkstrem rayt frɔm di anklɛ to di hip.

Frɔm di pikchɔ dɛn we di dɔktɔ tek ɛkstrem rayt, i kin no di rayt we aw di pikin in bon dɛn de gro ɛn wetin de mek di leg bɛn insay.

Dɛn kin no dis sik afta di pikin dɔn ol lɛk tu ia so . dis na biכs, lεk aw wi bin dכn tכk, nכmal leg bεnd na nכmal tin bay dis ej. If di leg kɔba stil de afta tu ia, di dɔktɔ go sɔprayz se i gɛt Blɔnt in sik ɛn du tɛst fɔ kɔnfirm am.

Wetin na di tritmɛnt fɔ di sik we dɛn kɔl Blount?

De tritmɛnt fɔ Blount in sik nɔr de di sem fɔ ɔlman. I kin difrɛn difrɛn wan bay di pikin in ej ɛn aw di sik bad . Tu men we dɛn de fɔ trit pɔsin.

1. We yu wɛr bres

Dis min se yu fɔ wɛr spɛshal bres, ɔ bres , we de kɔmɔt na di pikin in shɔl te to in fut. Bɔku tɛm dɛn kin du dis fɔ pikin dɛn we nɔ rich tri ia yet . Bɔku tɛm, i nɔ kin nid fɔ wɛr dis bres ɔl di de, bɔt dɔktɔ dɛn se yu fɔ wɛr am na nɛt nɔmɔ we yu de slip fɔ lɛk wan ia so . Dis kin mek di leg stret smɔl smɔl.

2. Fɔ gɛt ɔpreshɔn

Sɔntɛnde, mɔ if di pikin dɔn pas 4 ia ɔ if in leg nɔ stret fayn ivin afta i wɛr bres, di dɔktɔ kin tɛl am fɔ du ɔpreshɔn .

Dɛn kɔl dis ɔpreshɔn ɔsteotomy . Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, i min fɔ kɔt di bon, stret am, ɛn fiks am. Difrɛn we dɛn de we dɛn kin yuz fɔ du dis:

• Fɔ fiks di bon wit step ɔ pin .
• Yuz wan we we dɛn kɔl tɛnsiɔn band pletin .
• Fɔ stret di leg bay we yu pul wan pat pan di bon frɔm di shin bon we dɔn pwɛl (tibia) ɔ ad nyu pat pan di bon .

Pan ɔl we dis ɔpreshɔn kin tan lɛk big tin, i kin rili impɔtant fɔ di pikin in tumara bambay ɛn fɔ mek di leg fayn fayn wan.

Aw fɔ kia fɔ pikin afta dɛn dɔn du am ɔpreshɔn?

I rili impɔtant fɔ kia fɔ yu pikin afta dɛn dɔn du di ɔpreshɔn.

• Kip di wund klin: Yu fɔ chɛk di say we dɛn de du di ɔpreshɔn ɔltɛm fɔ si if i gɛt infekshɔn . Klin di wund ɛn put mɛrɛsin lɛk aw yu dɔktɔ tɛl yu.
• Nɔ put wet pan di leg: I nɔ fayn fɔ put ɛni wet pan di leg we dɛn dɔn ɔpreshɔn fɔ 6 to 8 wiks . If yu put wet pan am, di bon nɔ go wɛl ɛn i go pul am bak. Yu dɔktɔ go tɛl yu aw lɔng yu fɔ yuz stik.

Wan we de fɔ mek dis sik nɔ kam?

Bɔt i sɔri fɔ no se, no patikyula we nɔ de fɔ mek dɛn nɔ gɛt di sik we dɛn kɔl Blount.

Bɔt sɔm tin dɛn de we yu kin du fɔ ɛp yu pikin in bon dɛn fɔ gro fayn ɛn strɔng:

• It fayn it we balans .
• Fɔ mek di pikin ɛksesaiz ɔltɛm .
• If nid de, gi vaytamɛn D ɔ kalsiɔm lɛk aw dɔktɔ tɛl yu.
• Fɔ mek yu gɛt wɛlbɔdi wet we fit di pikin in ej.

Mɛmba se bifo yu gi yu pikin ɛni vaytamɛn ɔ ɔda tin fɔ it, yu fɔ rili go to dɔktɔ fɔ mek shɔ se i nɔ bad.

Wetin a kin ɛkspɛkt if mi pikin gɛt di sik we dɛn kɔl Blount?

Di prɔgnosis fɔ pikin we gɛt Blount in sik de dipen pan di pikin in ej we dɛn no di sik ɛn aw di sik siriɔs .

• Pikin dɛn we nɔ rich 4 ia yet kin ɛkspɛkt fɔ wɛl bad bad wan if dɛn no di sik kwik kwik wan ɛn bigin fɔ trit am.
• Bɔt if dɛn no di sik let ɔ dɛn nɔ trit am fayn, di kɔba we di leg kɔba kin wɔs, ɛn dis kin mek di jɔyn dɛn pwɛl bad bad wan ɛn i kin mek i nɔ izi fɔ waka .

Afta tritmɛnt, smɔl chans de fɔ mek di leg dɛn we dɛn butu go kam bak pan yɔŋ pikin ɛn big pipul dɛn. Bɔt if dɛn no di sik ɛn trit am kwik, di risk kin rili smɔl.

Aw lɔng di sik we Blount gɛt kin las?

If dɛn nɔ trit dis sik, i kin las fɔ ɔl in layf ɛn i kin ivin wɔs as di pikin de ol.

Afta tritmɛnt, i go dipen pan aw di pikin in kɔndishɔn tranga, ɔ afta di tɛm we i dɔn wɛl frɔm di ɔpreshɔn ɔ afta dɛn dɔn wɛr bres fɔ lɛk wan ia so, di kɔba we di leg go kɔba go bɛtɛ .

Bɔt lɛk aw wi bin dɔn tɔk, smɔl risk de fɔ mek i gɛt am bak, so di dɔktɔ se yu fɔ kɛr yu pikin go fɔ chɛk am ɔltɛm ɛn chɛk if di tritmɛnt dɔn wok fayn.

Us tɛm yu nid fɔ go to dɔktɔ?

If yu notis dɛn tin ya bɔt yu pikin, go mɔs go to dɔktɔ:

• Ivin afta di pikin bigin fɔ waka, ɔ afta lɛk tu ia so , di kɔba we di leg dɛn kin kɔba nɔ kin stret fɔ insɛf.
• If di pikin gɛt pen wit kruk leg.
• I nɔ izi fɔ di pikin fɔ waka.If i fil lɛk, ɔ if yu nɔ ebul fɔ put wet pan yu leg/leg.

Us kwɛstyɔn dɛn yu fɔ aks di dɔktɔ?

We yu go si dɔktɔ, i go fayn fɔ aks sɔm kwɛstyɔn dɛn lɛk dɛn wan ya:

• Aw lɔng mi pikin go nid fɔ yuz stik afta dɛn dɔn du am ɔpreshɔn?
• Mi pikin kin ple spɔt wit dis kɔndishɔn?
• If i nɔ izi fɔ am fɔ waka, yu tink se di dɔktɔ tɛl am fɔ yuz tin dɛn we de ɛp am fɔ muv ?
• If mi pikin nid fɔ wɛr bres, ustɛm dɛn fɔ bigin wɛr am ɛn fɔ aw lɔng?

Mɛmba se i nɔmal fɔ mek pikin dɛn gɛt in leg dɛn we butu smɔl, ɛn dis go go insɛf wans dɛn bigin fɔ waka ɔ arawnd tu ia. Bɔt if yu notis se yu pikin in leg dɛn nɔ de stret, ɔ di butu de wɔs, mek shɔ se yu go to dɔktɔ. If yu no di sik kwik kwik wan ɛn trit yu, dat kin ɛp fɔ stɔp di bow fɔ mek i nɔ wɔs ɛn fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt prɔblɛm dɛn lɛk at at.

Fɔ dɔn, na sɔm tin dɛn we wi fɔ mɛmba

So, a op se yu dɔn ɔndastand mɔ bɔt Blount in Sik naw, we wi tɔk bɔt tide.

Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na fɔ nɔ panik we yu si pikin in leg dɛn we dɔn butu, bɔt fɔ tray fɔ ɔndastand if na nɔmal tin ɔ na sɔntin we yu fɔ wɔri bɔt.

• di fysiolojikal bowing na kכmכn fכ yכng pikin dεm εn i kin sכlv insεf we i ol 2 ia.
• Insay di sik we dɛn kɔl Blount’s Disease, di bow we di leg de butu kin rili bad, i nɔ kin bɛtɛ fɔ insɛf, ɛn i kin wɔs smɔl smɔl.
• If yu gɛt ɛni dawt, go mɔs go to dɔktɔ we de mɛn pikin dɛn ɔ dɔktɔ we de mɛn ɔtpidik .
• Fɔ no di pikin kwik kwik wan ɛn fɔ trit am na di bɛst we fɔ mek shɔ se di pikin go gɛt wɛlbɔdi tumara bambay.

No gladi at nɔ de we pas fɔ si yu pikin gɛt wɛlbɔdi ɛn gladi at. So, i rili impɔtant fɔ mek wi no bɔt dɛn kayn tin ya.