EMERGENCY K-LEGS/KNOCK KNEES
Please bvs I need your opinion, last year middle my son's knees started bending without cause, as the day is going its becoming Worse.
I went to the hospital and doctor wrote something like "Bil. Comm valfur" but not sure cos is not clear.
Also I saw one man that his son has the same leg issue and he said its surgery.
please house I need advice, suggestions on how to go about it. I attached his pics, though the leg is not showing much. Thanks, waiting to read your comments.
It is well
ReplyDeletePlease do not let them operate him. Look for any strong calcium tabs and be giving him, I was giving mine the Tarsley brand of calcium, they are expensive, but will fix the problem.
DeleteYes I agree with you on this one. Tasly calcium tabs is very good. You can Google it
DeleteVisit a general hospital.
ReplyDeleteMy dear, it can be operated on. Go to the nearest teaching hospital. Fortify him with vitamin D
ReplyDeleteNot showing much like this?
ReplyDeleteAnyone has any solution?
Are you sure your son was immunised (like given polio vicine) when he was born?
ReplyDeleteThis looks like polio or i might be mistaken.
It is well with you. Am sure there are corrective ways to it. Check on what you give your son to eat.
They should operate on him to correct the leg nah...
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile he is lacking calcium and vitamin D!...
Sometimes this kind of legs are generational!...
Is your leg or your husband's leg like this?...
What of una ancestors?...
Infact,I don't know again!..
Your question is correct jare, Yoruba call this kind of leg amukun, if surgery can let it be normal go on, but if no please leave it
DeleteYea it's generational attimes, either mother or father has such
DeleteLol. U r just crazy!
DeleteHaba plz post my syb na aunty stells,sent it to your mail
ReplyDeleteNA WAH
ReplyDeleteGod will see you through. Google and read more
ReplyDeleteThe doctor wrote something that you don't know and you didn't ask him? Go to another hospital and ask questions like, what causes it? What is the solution? Thank you.
ReplyDeleteSince this is not from birth, your son might be lacking vitamin D.
I don't know the cause...but my sister's case was once worse than this.. As in it is interwoven somehow.....they took her to the hospital where we realized that it was an injection that caused it...whooza.. From where to where..
ReplyDeleteWe sha kept on praying..we suddenly realized that as she grew older and taller the legs were straightening by itself...
One can hardly notice it if she is walking...
#overtothedocs
Please where can I get Kayanmata?
ReplyDeletePlease what is kayan mata used for?
DeleteTake him to an orthopedic hospital. He will need surgery
ReplyDeleteChai...orthopaedic Drs make Una help this woman.
ReplyDeletePoster why not go to another orthopaedic hospital if you dint get satisfactory result from the previous one.Eeya.
Madam , pls just take that boy asap to the hospital before it becomes irreparable. God will see you through.
ReplyDeleteThis looks serions. Increase his Vitamin D and calcium intake and let's hope it's not hereditary.
ReplyDeleteGoogle Genu Valgum. All the best
If what the doctor said is not clear to you...take him to another hospital..
ReplyDeleteIts called knocked knees
ReplyDeleteThe muscles around his knee joint are weak. Please go to a government hospital and insist on being referred for physiotherapy.
ReplyDeleteMaybe you should visit other orthopedic hospitals. Look for good ones where the doctor will be willing to give you all the details regarding his situation and if surgery is the best option then go for it.
ReplyDeleteMy mum told us when we were little I had the worst case of K-legs as i couldn't take one step without falling while my twinnie had Bow legs.
We were scheduled for surgery @ Igbobi(hope I got the spellings right), while she was waiting in the waiting area, she heard a lady from our tribe telling another person that if she had known she would have left her child like that and she wished she could tell this woman not to go ahead with the surgery.
No one told my mum she just packed all her 'kaya' and left the hospital. If you see both of us esp me you won't believe we once had legs like that.
I know some will ask why the chronicle. I only typed it to encourage the poster that all will be well.
I don't know your location but if you are in Abuja then I'd advice you visit Alliance or Cedacrest hospital.
Bilateral Genu Valgum is what was likely written.
ReplyDeleteThere are various possible causes. It could just be age-related and your child will outgrow it. It could also be caused by various conditions like rickets (lack of vit. D), polio (if he wasn't vaccinated against it), stress-induced arthritis, etc.
I'll help post some online materials that may help. But please visit a federal, state or genetal hospital where they have pediatric or orthopedic specialists that will give proper diagnosis and treatment.
It could be normal that he'll outgrow it, then again, it could be something serious that needs urgent attention.
ReplyDeleteHEALTH ISSUES
Bowlegs and Knock-Knees
Toddlers’ legs often have a bowed appearance. In fact, many children have bowing of the legs until they are about two years old, then they’ll look knock-kneed until they are about six years of age. At times, children may not have straight lower legs until they are nine or ten years old.
Bowlegs and knock-knees usually are variations of normal, and require no treatment. Typically, a child’s legs will straighten naturally by the teen years.
Rarely, bowlegs or knock-knees are the result of a disease. Arthritis, injury to the growth plate around the knee, infection, tumor, Blount’s disease (a growth disorder of the shinbone), and rickets all can cause changes in the curvature of the legs.
Here are some signs that suggest a child’s bowlegs or knock-knees may be caused by a serious problem:
The curvature is extreme.
Only one side is affected.
The bowlegs get worse after age two years.
The knock-knees persist after age seven years.
Your child also is unusually short for his age.
If your child fits any of these descriptions, talk to your pediatrician. In some cases, treatment, including referral to a pediatric orthopedist, may be needed.
What are knock knees, and when do they become obvious?
ReplyDeleteKnock knees are angular deformities at the knee, in which the head of the deformity points inward. A standing child whose knees touch, but whose ankles do not, is usually said to have knock knees. During early childhood, knock knees are a part of normal growth and development.
The condition usually becomes apparent when a child is 2 to 3 years old, and it may increase in severity until about age 4. It usually self-corrects by the time a child is about 7 or 8 years old. But if the condition doesn’t appear until a child is 6 or older, it could be a sign that she has an underlying bone disease.
During early childhood, knock-knees actually help a child to maintain balance, particularly when she begins to walk, or if her foot rolls inward or turns outward. When a child has knock knees, both knees usually lean inward symmetrically. One knee, however, may "knock" less than the other, or may even remain straight.
Knock knees usually correct themselves by the time a child is 7 or 8 years old. Occasionally, they persist into adolescence. The condition is slightly more common in girls, although boys can develop it, too.
What causes knock knees?
• Knock knees are usually part of the normal growth and development of the lower extremities.
• Some cases, especially in a child who’s 6 or older, may be a sign of an underlying bone disease, such as osteomalacia or rickets.
• Obesity can contribute to knock knees—or can cause gait (walking) problems that resemble, but aren’t actually,knock knees.
• The condition can occasionally result from an injury to the growth area of the shin bone (tibia), which may result in just one knocked knee
*I'll add polio as a possible cause in the tropical part of the world.
Like i said in my initial post, see a specialist in a teaching/general hospital as soin as you can, just to rule out any serious diagnosis
Please, if you're reading this, take this child to orthopaedic hospital in your state. If you're in lagos. Ask your family doctor to refer you so that you can be attended to once you get there.Be ready to spend money and don't miss doctors appointments.
ReplyDeleteIt can be treated. My son has knocked knee when he started walking at about 9 months and that's where we were referred to. There's no surgery oh, just drugs and physiotherapy. The legs became normal before he clocked 3 years, he's in secondary school now.......please, go now, don't let that child blame you in future. Infact, you'll see worst case than this there. God be with you
Queen and boss, you're funny chai. Poster....watch what you give him to eat . all this will be explained to you at the orthopaedic hospital. He needs lots of vitamin D.he can get that naturally from the sun. So allow him play outside in early morning sun between 10am-12noon.then lots of eggs, milk and they will give you liquid codliver oil at the hospital.
ReplyDeletePlease, don't waste anymore time oh....start treatment like tomorrow, if you can go very early tomorrow to get your card and know their clinic days. Please, believe me, its can be corrected with drugs if its presented early before the bones become stiff......
Start giving him enough milk to drink. That how my former Pastor daughter legs was becoming, the doctor even said she will need surgery until someone reveal to him to give her milk regularly...that's how the leg started straightening again...she has a very straight legs now.
ReplyDeleteThis could be polio
ReplyDeleteMy niece had the worst bow legs whennshe was a toddler, my sister pumped her with cod liver oil and in about a month there was so much improvement. You should try this before resorting to surgery. Sometimes the child is just vitamin deficient.
ReplyDeleteWind swept deformity secondary to rickets. It's a manifestation of vitamin D deficiency, it can be corrected. Hurry to any teaching hospital n see an orthopaedic surgeon.
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