The baby's legs are not the same length?

During the baby's growth and development, you must pay more attention to the child's physical changes. Some babies have asymmetrical leg lines during their growth and development. In fact, this is what we often call the two legs are not the same length. This situation is usually congenital hip dislocation in the baby, which is a common congenital malformation in infants. Parents must pay attention to it. Generally, the sooner this deformity is corrected, the better.

6 manifestations of hip arthritis within 1 year old 1. The baby's lower limb activity on one side is reduced, and the pedaling strength is significantly lower than that of the other side. 2. The skin folds on the inner sides of the baby's thighs are asymmetrical, with more skin folds on the affected side and the skin texture deeper than that on the healthy side. 3. When changing your baby's diaper or bathing him, you can often hear abnormal joint popping sounds. 4. When the baby lies flat on his back and stretches out and closes his lower limbs, you can see that his lower limbs are of unequal lengths, with the affected side being shorter than the healthy side. 5. The baby's affected hip joint may have limited movement, and the affected limb is often in a flexed position, unwilling to straighten, and weak. When parents pull the baby's affected lower limb, the limb can be straightened, but will immediately return to the flexed state after letting go. A few babies may cry because of pain when the affected lower limb is pulled.

6. The baby's buttocks and perineum are wider than the same parts of a normal baby. If the baby has bilateral hip dislocation, the symptoms will be more obvious. There is a simple checking method that parents can master. With your baby lying down, spread his or her hips out to the sides (knees at right angles, thighs perpendicular to the body). If the baby's legs are stiff and difficult to spread out, it can basically be diagnosed as hip precocity; if the stripes on the baby's thighs are asymmetrical and the legs are of different lengths, this disease can also be diagnosed. X-rays are often used to diagnose bone diseases. However, it should be noted that infants under 6 months old have not yet calcified their bones and ossification centers have not yet appeared, so X-rays often show only a blank screen. Therefore, do not let your baby suffer from X-ray harm in vain. Therefore, it is particularly important to conduct detailed clinical examinations in the neonatal period (from birth to 6 months). Babies over 10 months old have more complete bone development and can be confirmed by X-ray.

4 major reasons why the legs are not opened at the same angle and the hips are affected 1. Some mechanical factors, such as excessive flexion of the fetal hip joint in the uterus or breech position in the uterus (especially extended-leg breech position), as well as excessive force used by the midwife when pulling the fetus's lower limbs during delivery, can induce this disease. 2. Abnormal fetal position in the uterus and excessive flexion of the hip joint can also easily lead to this disease. 3. Due to congenital maldevelopment or abnormality of the acetabulum, femoral head, joint capsule, ligaments and nearby muscles, the hip joint becomes loose, subluxated or dislocated. 4. Genetic factors are also obvious. If the mother suffers from congenital hip dislocation, her children are also prone to the disease. When the above conditions exist, parents should pay special attention to whether the baby has abnormal symptoms of hip dislocation.

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