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Halimat Adamu
It is better to see a paediatrician and an orthopaedic surgeon at the teaching hospital for appropriate diagnosis and management depending on the cause which could be rickets or other causes. Also ensure that nutrition is improved by giving milk,egg, oily fish, cereals that have been fortified with vitamin D. Playing under the sun is helpful.
Kindly follow the recommendations of the pediatrician you visited.
kindly see a paediatrician or an orthopaedic surgeon at the teaching hospital for appropriate diagnosis and management depending on the cause which could be rickets or other causes.
You cannot give him anything ma, there are different causes and only proper evaluation by a Paediatrician and/or an Orthopaedic Surgeon can determine the exact cause and the appropriate treatment.
Babies walk at different times.
Kindly see a Paediatrician only if he is not yet walking by 18months. However I am sure he will walk before then.
Kindly see a Paediatrician only if he is not yet walking by 18months. However I am sure he will walk before then.
Dr Aina Johnson
Paediatrician
Other less common causes include bone growth disorders and injury and infections to growth areas of the bone. The treatment is directed to cause; physiological k leg deformity requires no real treatment, but monitoring, as it will resolve. The other causes have their own treatment criteria. In summary, knock knees can be a normal variant or from bone abnormalities. It is advisable to see a doctor who can recognise the specific cause and treat appropriately.