Hip dysplasia in newborns. What you need to know about the disease?

В наши дни такое заболевание, как дисплазия hip joint in newborns is not uncommon. Most often, this diagnosis is given to girls who are in the womb in pelvic presentation. This disease indicates the wrong location of the pelvic bone, its shift in the joint. With timely and proper treatment, the disease passes without consequences.

Causes

Accurately determine the factors provoking thisailment is very difficult. However, it should be noted that the disease called hip dysplasia in newborns is most often observed in girls (80%). When pelvic presentation of the fetus before childbirth, the risk of this disease increases several times. The hereditary factor is also of great importance. If the parents of the baby in childhood was listed this disease, then the child will be largely susceptible to this disease. In some cases, hip dysplasia in newborns may be due to mother's toxemia during pregnancy. Older parents' age, infectious diseases, endocrinopathy, unfavorable environmental conditions, poor nutrition - all of this can to some extent be the cause of this ailment.

Signs of hip dysplasia

Самый первый симптом – это ограничение отведения thighs. This feature is able to accurately determine only an experienced orthopedist. If the newborn's joints are positioned correctly, the abduction will be complete (for a lying child, to the level of the horizontal surface on which it is located). The next thing you should pay attention to is the asymmetry of the folds on the hips of the newborn. On the physiologically incorrectly developed side, the folds are larger; they are much deeper than on the healthy one. If a baby has a shortening of one leg, this also indicates dysplasia. On examination, a “click” symptom may be observed when the head of the hip bone freely jumps out of the vein cavity. Only an orthopedist can diagnose this disease. Hip dysplasia in newborns with timely treatment takes 6-8 months. In a baby who has already begun to walk, but has not received the necessary help, this ailment can manifest itself as follows: the child limps, sways from side to side, or moves on tiptoe, and his heels are overhanged. If the disease is not treated, then in the future the little one is threatened with lameness.

The degree of hip dysplasia

The disease can be both one andtwo-way. Depending on the severity of symptoms in medicine there are several types of dysplasia. Pre-dislocation - the hip joint due to the loose tissue adjacent to it shifts in the vein cavity more than the norm. This is the first degree of the disease. Subluxation - is characterized by the fact that the head of the femur somewhat protrudes from its hollow. This is the second degree. The most serious form of the disease is dislocation, in which the work of the joint is disrupted due to the fact that the head of the bone completely goes beyond the limits of the vein cavity.