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Is Scoliosis Congenital Or Acquired?
I need to know can scoliosis be caused by a road traffic accident or DO YOU HAVE TO BE BORN WITH IT. My daughter now 14, NEVER EVER suffered with her back until the rta in jan 2006. From then it was constant pain, and then the start of a Rib Hump, eventually 3 months later was seen n x-rayed by an orthopaedic surgeon who diagnosed scoliosis, which month by month worsened to a double S shaped curve. Eventually in Dec 09 age 12 she had first SPINAL surgery spinal fusion. She is in constant pain and on constant pain killers and stomach tablets as a result to date. She had a second surgery in may 11 as a section of one of the rods detached from her spine went into a muscle so had to be removed. My daughter continues to be in pain, she has had Epidural, and 2 lots of trigger point injections all to no avail, still eats the pain killers Every day. Now the surgeon says scoliosis there prior to accident but WITH ALL MY HEART I DONT BELIEVE THIS MY DAUGHTER NEVER EVER SUFFERED WITH HER BACK BUT SINCE ITS BEEN ONGOING...... COULD THIS BE A CO INCIDENCE. CAN ANYBODY HELP ME PROVE THAT I AM CORRECT ... PLEASE YYYY@YYYY
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BOTH are possible.
The body constantly responds to gravity, muscle strenght, movement, position.
The traumatic event could´ve just exposed what was already there, adding the "extra work" that made it evident. Sometimes we don´t see, because we don´t look.
I´m sure there´s a way to correct your daughters´s complaints. Medically and with other interventions, both surgical or non surgical, even psychologic intervention can help.
Best of lucks,
Dr. Lino, MD
The body constantly responds to gravity, muscle strenght, movement, position.
The traumatic event could´ve just exposed what was already there, adding the "extra work" that made it evident. Sometimes we don´t see, because we don´t look.
I´m sure there´s a way to correct your daughters´s complaints. Medically and with other interventions, both surgical or non surgical, even psychologic intervention can help.
Best of lucks,
Dr. Lino, MD
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