Knock Knee Causes, Treatment
7.3 هزار بار بازدید -
5 سال پیش
-
Knock knee is a condition
Knock knee is a condition where both the knee joint come and get opposed to each other and the foot goes apart. And when they start walking, there are chances for the patient to get hit by the both knee joint or likely to fall. In medical terminology, knock knee is also called Genu Valgum. Genu means it is the knee joint. Valgum means away from the central point. Hence it is called as Genu Valgum or in our layman terminology, we also call it as knock knee.
The causes of knock knee are classified into three different classifications. One, it can be congenital or can be called as birth defect. The second can be a metabolic disorder. That means there is some kind of deficiency in some components in the body, and third, it can be injury to the epiphyseal growth. That means to say that growing end of the bone. Any injury to this can also cause this kind of a knock knee. Once there is these injuries are congenital as the child keeps on growing, the deformity becomes more. And in metabolic disorders might be in rickettsia, can be rheumatoid arthritis, there is no damage to there is lot of damage to the epiphyseal end due to the growth retardation. In case of deficiency of Vitamin D3 can also cause knock knee and in epiphyseal injury, that means injury to the growth end due to any falls or may be due to any accidents, it can also cause knock knee over a period of time when the epiphyseal growth is damaged and they become more deform and this leads to knock knee.
The treatment protocol once again depends upon the causes of the knock knee. If it is the congenital birth defect, or a defect which can cause right from the birth, then it needs surgical correction right from the birth. If it is a metabolic disorder and we identify the metabolic disorder, they will start treating that and the knock knee starts correcting itself if it is an injury to the epiphysis, it only needs surgical correction. But all these surgical correction is done only when the patients is symptomatic. If the patient is not symptomatic and though they have knock knee, if the patient is able to manage their day to day activities, and does not cause any problem to the joint or the back and the joints, or ankle, then we should not correct the knock knee for the sake of correcting. So this correction has to be only surgical in these cases but surgical once again depends upon the disability of the patient or maybe for the cosmetic problem, we have to do a surgical correction.
The causes of knock knee are classified into three different classifications. One, it can be congenital or can be called as birth defect. The second can be a metabolic disorder. That means there is some kind of deficiency in some components in the body, and third, it can be injury to the epiphyseal growth. That means to say that growing end of the bone. Any injury to this can also cause this kind of a knock knee. Once there is these injuries are congenital as the child keeps on growing, the deformity becomes more. And in metabolic disorders might be in rickettsia, can be rheumatoid arthritis, there is no damage to there is lot of damage to the epiphyseal end due to the growth retardation. In case of deficiency of Vitamin D3 can also cause knock knee and in epiphyseal injury, that means injury to the growth end due to any falls or may be due to any accidents, it can also cause knock knee over a period of time when the epiphyseal growth is damaged and they become more deform and this leads to knock knee.
The treatment protocol once again depends upon the causes of the knock knee. If it is the congenital birth defect, or a defect which can cause right from the birth, then it needs surgical correction right from the birth. If it is a metabolic disorder and we identify the metabolic disorder, they will start treating that and the knock knee starts correcting itself if it is an injury to the epiphysis, it only needs surgical correction. But all these surgical correction is done only when the patients is symptomatic. If the patient is not symptomatic and though they have knock knee, if the patient is able to manage their day to day activities, and does not cause any problem to the joint or the back and the joints, or ankle, then we should not correct the knock knee for the sake of correcting. So this correction has to be only surgical in these cases but surgical once again depends upon the disability of the patient or maybe for the cosmetic problem, we have to do a surgical correction.
5 سال پیش
در تاریخ 1398/04/02 منتشر شده
است.
7,323
بـار بازدید شده