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Pigeon toe, also known as in-toeing, is a condition which causes the toes to point inward when walking.It is most common in infants and children under two years of age [1] and, when not the result of simple muscle weakness, [2] normally arises from underlying conditions, such as a twisted shin bone or an excessive anteversion (femoral head is more than 15° from the angle of torsion) resulting ...
The symptoms (split foot and ulnar hypoplasia) of the syndrome can be observed from birth. [1] During diagnosis, a doctor may try to rule out other possible diseases or refer the patient to a specialist. [1] Genetic counseling can be done for individuals with the syndrome who are planning on having children. [2]
Symptoms: Foot that is rotated inwards and downwards [2] Usual onset: During early pregnancy [1] Causes: Unknown [1] Risk factors: Genetics, mothers who smoke cigarettes, males, [1] ethnicity: Diagnostic method: Physical examination, ultrasound during pregnancy [1] [3] Differential diagnosis: Metatarsus adductus [4] Treatment
Amplified musculoskeletal pain is a syndrome which is a set of characteristic symptoms and signs. Essentially, the syndrome is characterized by diffuse, ongoing, daily pain associated with relatively high levels of incapability and greater care-seeking behavior.
Symptoms may be treated by wearing wider shoes to relieve pressure, or the patient can wear padding around the toes. Surgery is also an option, if the pain and discomfort cannot be treated, or for cosmetic reasons. In this procedure, the short metatarsal is typically cut and a piece of bone is grafted between the two ends.
X-ray of the foot of an 11-year-old child, showing sclerosis and fragmentation of the calcaneal apophysis. This is a sign of low sensitivity and specificity of Sever's disease, because those with Sever's disease may not have it, and this appearance is also present in feet without pain. [1] Specialty: Rheumatology Symptoms: in the heel
Living among a small band of Neanderthals in what is now eastern Spain was a child, perhaps 6 years old, with Down syndrome, as shown in a remarkable fossil preserving traits in the inner ear ...
[2] [3] Dr. A. Köhler noted that children with foot pain displayed characteristics, within their x-rays, of irregularity in growth and development of the tarsal navicular bone in the foot. Furthermore, Köhler disease is known to affect five times more boys than girls and typically, only one foot is affected.