8 signs of congenital groin disorders

The length of the legs is not equal, the folds on the baby's thighs are not symmetrical, when sleeping or stretching out the feet ... are signs that need attention.

Ngoc Huyen, 10 years old, in Bac Kan, is rehabilitating at the Hanoi Orthopedic Hospital and rehabilitation after congenital hip fracture surgery.

When the baby was 18 months old, the mother discovered that she could not walk. The doctor diagnosed the baby with congenital groin disease. The baby was discovered late, unable to recover, and had to wait to grow up to have surgery.

Dr. Nguyen Van Hung, Deputy Director of Hanoi Orthopedics and Rehabilitation Hospital, said he was walking hard and slowly.

Congenital hip fracture is a congenital anomaly, when one or both sides of the femur hip is dislocated from the normal physiological position of the hip. One in every 1,000 babies born is born with a dislocated groin. Girls are more disabled than boys.

The cause of congenital groin dislocation is currently unknown. Some risk factors such as chromosomal mutation, inheritance from previous life (mainly mother to child), abnormal status (infection, pregnancy toxicity) during pregnancy, abnormal fetal position when born...

Dr. Hung shared that family members can detect this malformed baby right after birth or the first few weeks after birth. 8 obvious signs to help detect early after birth are:

- The length of two legs is not equal. The side of the hip is dislocated shorter than the opposite. But if dislocated hip joint on both sides will be difficult to detect, but rarely seen on both sides.

- See the pleats on the legs. The folds on the baby's thighs are not symmetrical.

- When a child sleeps or extends the foot, the foot falls apart.

- See the baby's knees on either side. The posture of folding the knee, the dislocated knee joint is lower than the benign side, but this sign is difficult to detect.

- When your baby stands, he or she will see low legs, high legs, easy to observe when he tiptoes.

- Limit folding and form hip joints dislocated. Babies with this disability will have less than a pillow to the abdomen and leg form on one side. The dislocated leg in the hip is less of these movements.

- Limping gait when toddlers, in the long run can deform the hip, pelvis and spine joints.

- When folding and closing the groin, the shape and stretching of the hip joint, the femur head slips out of the joint, creating a "green" sound (in children under 6 months old).

Falling feet when a baby is stretched out is a sign of congenital groin dislocation. Photo: Doctor provided.

Babies are detected immediately after birth, will be instructed by the doctor to intervene with a number of simple methods such as diapers, diapers, thick diapers to keep the groin joints open. Carrying or carrying a baby. Put babies to sleep on their stomachs ...

Children from one to six months old, the doctor assesses the effectiveness, then can cast, rehab, use orthopedic brace. Children discovered late will need surgery.

Children over 6 years old will be very difficult to treat, dangerous complications such as osteoarthritis of the hip joint dislocation causing prolonged pain. The gait becomes abnormal, the child loses confidence. The legs are disproportionately length. Children become slow (due to low self-esteem) affecting daily activities.

In addition, deformities also cause hunchback, scoliosis due to the disproportionate condition of the lower limb lasts, affecting the circulatory function, respiratory, mental health of children.

For girls, hip dislocations will cause pelvic deformation which affects later reproductive function.