Do you know someone who has or had hip dysplasia? Let alone, do you know what hip dysplasia is? Developmental dysplasia of the hip, which is abbreviated as DDH, is an abnormal correlation between the femoral head and the acetabulum (Hart, Albright, Gleeson, & Grottkau, 2006). The problem can either be at the ball or socket of the hip joint, or in worse cases, both. This condition can be either hereditary or acquired after birth. The condition could get worse after being active, such as the early stages of walking. Handfuls of cases have been related to the tradition infant swaddling techniques and overly strained car seats. If the problem occurs in one or both hips, this can cause uneven leg length, less ability to move around, limping, …show more content…
Pain usually isn’t present in the infants, but as they are young adults and the problem isn’t fixed, they may experience pain, for it is the most common symptom in the young adults. Lastly of common symptoms, a swayback is often noticed after the child starts walking. An exaggerated walk will appear and/or the legs will appear different in length. Some people call this swayback because of the way the child stands or walk.
How is this diagnosis treated? Other than surgically fixing the child’s hips, there are multiple ways to help the hips grow in more naturally. In a journal article, MD Lynn Stahell says that if the infant is diagnosed early in their life, it can easily be managed effectively with the Pavlik harness in 90% of instances. This harness is sued to keep the knees and legs bent with the legs spread apart. The straps go over the infant’s shoulders and across the chest. The harness should be used for about 6-12 weeks without taking it off, with the exception of the doctor allowing it to be removed for bathing, and to change diapers of course. When the hips become stable enough, the doctor will allow the parents to only use the harness on the infant part time for about 4-6 weeks. Even though the chances for hip dysplasia to reoccur is very slim, it’s recommended to the parents to have their children x-rayed every once in a while just in case it may come back. Another way to treat this problem is with a hip abduction brace for
Initially, You would think that boys would come across having it because of how much they are involved in sports. Mainly when girls have it they don’t really recognize it until about 8th grade year. When you have any type of scoliosis the main symptom of it is pain in various types. There are 5 different types of scoliosis depending on the way that your curve is located. Also, depending on the type that you have the more or less pain you will have.
This paper will examine the privacy rules of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996
In the health care business, there are certain standards and laws that have been put in place to protect our patients and their personal health information. When a health care facility fails to protect their patient’s confidential information, the US Government may get involved and facilities may be forced to pay huge sums of money in fines, and risk damaging their reputation.
PROCEDURE IN DETAIL: The patient was brought into the operating room, after satisfactory anesthesia, was placed in the left lateral dicubitis position. The right hip was prepped and draped. A previous made incision was reopened over the greater trochanter and carried down to Illiotibial (IT) band. The IT band was opened in the direction of the skin incision. The anterior 1/3 of the gluteus medius/minimus group was reflected off the trochanter over to the anterior brim of the pelvis. The hip was dislocated. The femoral component was easily removed. It was loose in the cement. The polyethylene was loose and easily removed. There was a lot of cement in and around the acetabulum. We debridement most of this. There was a wired mesh plug that went medially into the pelvis that was left in place. There was also one in the ishium that was quite stable and it was left in place. There was a large defect in the medial wall of the acetabulum about the size of a silver dollar.
Scientists have been struggling with the cause, treatment of, and cure for Muscular dystrophy since its discovery in 1886, by Dr. Guillaume Duchenne. Muscular dystrophy is a hereditary disease, affecting thousands of people every year, two-thirds being children between the age of birth through adolescents. Muscular dystrophy can also occur with no family history of the disease.
I have always had my mind set on becoming a physician. As I sat in my academic advisor’s office during my second year of college, I came to know that there were two types of medical schools, osteopathic and allopathic. I was interested to know the difference, so I started my research. I gathered information from the AACOM and AOA websites, and learned the history, philosophy, and educational curriculum of osteopathic medicine. I desired to learn more, so I made a visit to the osteopathic school near my college. Along with four other students, I sat through an interesting lecture about various bone disorders, witnessed a physician practice OMT, and met with various instructors. The connections I made that day led me to the opportunity to shadow an osteopathic physician who has truly become a role model to me. I learned
Have you ever wondered how your information was so protected in doctors’ offices, or hospitals? Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act helps protects your private information. There are many different stages that make up the HIPAA law, PHI, security, privacy, and the HITECH law helps it run smoothly.
In this passage from Salvage the Bones, Jesmyn Ward uses Esch’s and Manny’s encounter to reveal the way Esch feels towards Manny, signifying a one-sided emotional attachment. The selected passage reveals one of the main characters, Esch, as being taken advantage of due to her feelings for Manny. Manny and Esch have been intimate before, however, the two’s views on the encounters were dissimilar. Esch talks about her past encounters and compares them to Manny when she says, “The girly heart that, before Manny, I’d let boys have because they wanted it, and not because I wanted to give it” (Ward). When the author uses this to describe the way Esch feels about Manny and how she sees him differently than the rest of her past. Although Ward provides a detailed description of the emotional attachment Esch feels towards Manny, there is a repudiation of feelings presented as well such as when Esch claims that Manny wouldn’t touch her, “but his hips would” (Ward).
Surgery. This is rarely needed, but it may be considered in adults who are done growing and continue to have symptoms.
1. I diagnosed my patient Tammy with slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE), a disorder when the ball at the upper end of the femur slips off in a backward direction. Tammy is a 10 years old girl, who is very active and is 5’0” and weigh 135 pounds which indicate she is obese. SCFE is common in adolescent girls going a growth spurt between ages 10 through 13 but the most important risk factor is obesity. Tammy’s personal lifestyle had an affect on her diagnosing her with SCFE knowing that she is obese, physically active, and she is an adolescent. On Tammy’s physical examinations her X- rays of her knee and hip were both negative for fractures, no bruising, swelling, or discoloration, her left lower limb was laterally rotation. Tammy’s symptoms were pain in left knee, slight limp and she have a difficult time moving
Hypospadias is corrected with surgery, usually when the patient is between six and 18 months old. The purpose of the surgery is to reposition the
Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia is a type of dwarfism. Dwarfism is a disorder can happen because of several different reasons. This type of dwarfism occurs because of a defective gene from at least one parent that is passed down to its offspring, but could also occur because of a new mutation in the gene passed down. Although there are different types of dwarfism they all cause the person to be short, and sometimes disfigured or distorted. This type and most of the others not only affect the persons legs, but can also effect different parts of their body. There are treatments to help with these other problems that go with dwarfism, but you can not fully get rid of it.
Description of Muscular Dystrophy. The first record of Muscular Dystrophy (MD) was reported in 1830 by Sir Charles Bell when he wrote a paper about the disease.
The human spine is a medical marvel of sorts, which is not only responsible for helping us to move or lift things, but to bare our body weight, and preserve a normal body alignment. It’s impossible to exist without a spine. Scoliosis is defined as the curvature of the spine and although it isn’t specifically considered a disease, it is very serious complication resulting from a multitude of different symptoms with no definite known cause. Fortunately, with the passing of time, and development of new technologies doctors are now treating this debilitating condition in numerous ways. We will explore the different technologies caregivers are currently using to fix this malformation using studies and articles written by doctors treating this
Developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) is a very common disorder in the pediatric population with an incidence of approximately 3 to 4 per 1000 live births.1 The physica examination is important for diagnosing DDH in early stage, however not all cases of DDH are detectable by clinical examination. Imaging examination includes ultrasonography and radiography is popular for screening or confirmation of the diagnosis as well as the severity classification of DDH.2 Quantifying the severity of displacement in DDH is important in diagnosis and treatment. As ultrasonography has the limitation of less accurate, anteroposterior (AP) pelvic radiographs replace ultrasonography as the screening imaging choice in the older infant.3 However, AP pelvic radiographic assessment may be suboptimal or misleading when ossification of the femoral head of hips is absent, delayed or eccentric in DDH.