What is hip dysplasia?
Hip dysplasia is a common condition that affects a child’s hip joints.
When diagnosed and treated in infants under 6 months of age, the risk of complications or long-term effects of the condition is minimized. Hip dysplasia can also occur in older children and adults, although it is less common in this age group.
Hip dysplasia means that the bone in the hip joint has not fitted together properly. Hip dysplasia is an underdevelopment of the components of the joint – the result of abnormal development and weakness of the connective tissue.
Statistically, one in every 1,000 children in the United States has hip dysplasia each year.
Typical symptoms are:
- Hip pain;
- Feeling as if the hip is not firm;
- Clumsiness when walking;
- Legs of different lengths.
In a large percentage of clinical cases, hip dysplasia is congenital, that is, the baby already has it at birth - it can develop during pregnancy or sometimes it is genetic.
The course of treatment is individual. The following methods are used:
- Special corset;
- Physiotherapy;
- Surgery is prescribed if other methods of correction do not work.
Source:
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/17903-hip-dysplasia
