Definition:
This is a medical condition wherein the person's spine is curved sideways and may also be rotated. When the spine is seen in x-rays, it may look more like a letter ‘S' or a ‘C'. It is categorized as congenital, idiopathic or developed due to a secondary symptom of another condition like celebral palsy.
Diagnosis:
X-rays
Referral to an orthopedic surgeon
Routine diagnostic work up (CBC, urinalysis, sedimentation rate, chemistry panel, spinal survey)
Bone survey
Bone Scan
CT Scans
MRI
Treatment:
• Watchful waiting for monitoring the condition
• Treatment of any fundamental cause of scoliosis
• Bracing
Spinal brace
Spinal cast
Milwaukee brace
Thoracolumbosacral orthosis (TLSO)
• Surgery
Symptoms and Signs:
Spinal curving
Spine is curved sideways
Body posture is sideways
One shoulder is raised higher than the other
Clothes are not hanging properly
Local ligament pain and muscular aches
Causes:
Leg length
Muscle contractions
Appendicitis
Neuromuscular diseases
Marfan's syndrome
Poliomyelitis
Cerebral palsy
Birth abnormalities
Hemivertebra
Neurofibromatosis
Muscular dystrophy
Injury in the spine
Tumors in the spinal cord
Certain metabolic diseases, rheumatic diseases, connective tissue disorders, pelvis conditions, hip conditions and vertebral conditions
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