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Knock Knee
My kid is 5 years old and he has knock knee. Currently he has been prescribed with Vitamin D and C supplement and Calcium but no braces. We have been advised to there will be improvement in 3 months. It is one and half month now but we do not see any improvement. Please advice what should be the right course of action for us.
Kindly share weight bearing x-rays films of both knee.(scanogram preferred)
This condition is called genu valgum, if it exceeded a specific value, surgery may be indicated where one side of growth plate must be fused to prevent overgrowth.
Site depends on whether problem is in distal femur or proximal tibia.
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Bracing also helps limit the valgus growth..
minor valgus corrects itself with time.
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