Scoliosis

Well, first of all scoliosis is curvature of the SPINE....that being said, it can affect your hips (it may look like your hips are "crooked"), but as for it affecting your balance, that's highly unlikely unless your curvature is SEVERE.

No, it does not.

It's possible that some activities might cause pain, depending on how severe the scoliosis is.

Levoscoliosis is a left curvature of the spine. It can be mild, which does not normally cause any health problems, or more severe, which can cause problems. It can be found in the lumbar (lower back) or thoracic (mid-back) area.

Things like this can happen to anyone, no matter how healthy.

It depends on the degree (amount of curvature) that you have. People with mild curvatures that do not effect the functionn of the spine can lead healthy active lives.

Yes! Although if your curve is very bad (over 65-70 ish) degrees then it might make it quite hard

A crooked spine. It is treated with a back brace.

One symptom of scoliosis is back pain. One indication of it is the shoulders not being even, one being higher than the other, the ribs being uneven, one hip higher than the other, these all vary according to the severity of the scoliosis and the location of it.

Lower back pain and problems with left leg

yes harry styles.

Hi

There is a good discussion about this on the ScoliosisNutty Yahoo Group, I have posted a link for you - the answers and different family lines are interesting. I don't think that Scoliosis affects different ethnic groups, certainly never come across any white papers about this, however, they have only just located a gene (CHD7) that they "think" may lead to Scoliosis - most causes are "idiopathic" meaning unknown, therefore, if they are unsure of where the Scoliosis comes from then relating it to ethnic groups would be hard.

STUDY DESIGN: Analysis of the estrogen receptor gene of girls with idiopathic scoliosis. OBJECTIVES: To determine whether estrogen receptor gene polymorphisms

correlate with curve severity of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. SUMMARY OF

BACKGROUND DATA: Studies suggest that idiopathic scoliosis is a familial condition and that curve progression is related to genetically determined factors, such as skeletal and sexual growth.

METHODS: A total of 304 girls with idiopathic scoliosis were followed until growth maturation. Height, arm span, menarcheal age, and age at growth maturation were recorded, and curve severity was measured using Cobb's method. The estrogen receptor gene, which contains polymorphic PvuII and XbaI sites, was amplified from lymphocyte deoxyribonucleic acid by polymerase chain reaction.

RESULTS: The mean maximum Cobb measurements for patients with genotypes XX and Xx were greater than for those with genotype xx (P = 0.002). The risk of curve progression, defined as progression of >5 degrees from initial evaluation, was higher with genotype Xx than with xx (P = 0.03). Patients with genotypes XX and Xx had a significantly higher risk for operative treatment than those with genotype xx (21.4%, 24.7% vs. 7.6%, P< 0.001). Growth examination around the time of the growth spurt revealed that the XbaI site polymorphism was also related to the age of growth maturation. The frequency of patients with growth maturation at >or=16 years was higher for genotypes XX and Xx than for genotype xx (33.3%, 29.9% vs. 16.8%, P= 0.013).

CONCLUSION: Our results suggest that the XbaI site polymorphism is associated with curve severity. DNA analysis may predict curve progression.

Further study of 540 patients - October 2006 - No association between the two ESR1 SNPs and the occurrence of AIS by both genotype and haplotype analysis could be established, suggesting that both SNPs were not predisposition alleles for AIS. AIS patients with different genotypes showed no difference in the maximum Cobb angle. No association was found between the genotype and anthropometric measurements in AIS patients.

Concluding that - he previously reported association with curve severity could not be replicated in our large series of Chinese AIS patients. The current study also did not show any association of the 2 SNPs with increased risk of having AIS.

it stunts your growth from your back...your legs can still grow. i had spinal fusion surgery(for scoliosis)

I believe it is recessive, as my grandmother on my father's side had it, and my aunt on my mom's side did, too. Right now I am 12 years old and I have scoliosis and wear a back brace, and I have been called ot be a pediatric orthapedist specializing in scoliosis. I hope to find out the cause(s) of scoliosis as I learn more about it, and eventually open my own mediacl practice. :)

in the case of an SSDI application, it is always determined if the applicant can return to past work. If that is deemed not possible then it is determined if the applicant can be given any form of alternative work. If that also is not possible then the applicant's case will be approved for a medical vocational allowance. Thus in most of the cases it is through this route that people claim the social security disability benefits.

It sounds like you have nerves being pinched as a result of a narrowing of the space required for these to pass out from the spinal chord to other parts of the body. An osteophite is a bone growth that can take place between the vertebrae and is a result of degenerative arthritis.

Can you please explain what Lumber Scoliosis with sugnificant degenerative discase, in particular disc narrowing at L2/3 and L5/s1 with osteophytes formation. However, no suspicious lytic lesions were seen within the spinc.

Kind regards,

Candice Blackmore candiceb@hotmail.co.UK

well, the degenerative disc disease means that your disc is slowly being squished down sooner or later there will be bone on bone rubbing and that's no bueno at all!!!! more than likely they will do a artificial disc replacement and the docotrs will go through your stomach right under your belly button. or they will fuse you at L5 S1 like they did me 3 weeks ago.

Osteophyte is one abnormal growth. Osteophyte complex is numerous bony growths which can affect not only more than one vertebrae (but several), and can be extremely painful when rubbing on the nearby nerves, and also causes narrowing of the neural foramina(?). You don't want an osteophyte (s) placing pressure on the thecal sac (which is where the cerebral spinal fluid is located). susankatielorraine@yahoo.com

scoliosis affects 10% of adoelscants but only 1% need medical attention.

Cysts, an infection or abscess, hematoma, or a tumor may be problems that are taking place below the diaphragm. these may be causing upward presure that elevate the diaphragm. Damage to the nerve that controls the diaphragm the (phrenic nerve) or infiltration of the diaphragm by lung cancer or similar tumors can also cause elevation of half of the diaphragm. lung collapse, lung fibrosis, painful pleurisy, pulmonary embolus, or a rib fracture may cause elevation of half of the diaphragm. If there is acute elevation of the entire diaphragm combined with paralysis of both of the phrenic nerves, sudden death may occur.

== == With many chronic or progressive conditions, determining the point in which the disease started is not easy. For repetitive injuries, usually, it's about 1 year prior to the day the diagnosis was made or patient's first visit. With conditions like idiopathic scoliosis, it does not necessitate treatment unless it's found to be at certain stage. So just because you've had scoliosis doesn't make it pre-existing. Point at which requires treatment should be considered the date of onset.

Yes. ---- Maybe not? "Preexisting condition provision" means a policy provision that excludes coverage for charges or expenses incurred during a specified period following the insureds effective date of coverage, as to a condition for which medical advice, diagnosis, care, or treatment was recommended or received during a specified period immediately preceding the effective date of coverage. CA Ins. Code � 10700 q) Appears to be exact same definition as in CA Ins. Code � 10198.6 c Federal Definition Title 42 300 gg a Did you have prior coverage? Did you disclose this on the application? ---- Does the scoliosis have anything to do with the arthritis? Check www.Webmd.com

Yes, try Bowen Therapy from a fully qualified registered therapist. I suffered from a bulging disc L4/L5 disc with low back pain, sciatica and leg numbness and wasting starting in 1987. In 1999 I had four Bowen Therapy treatments and have been virtually pain free since.

it is probably not safe for them to skate.

That is usually pine tar or something that will help the batter with gripping the bat. The batter, instead of stopping the game to go over to the dugout, will reach up a place his hand (batting glove) on top of his helmet.

No firm conviction on absolute truth, willingness to compromise and understand that the type of Psychology that you will chose to implement may help some, and may not help others, realizing the behavior modification will take care of the external parts of man, but never the soul.

hydrocodone is a pretty strong painkiller. combining it with another anti inflammatory drug like naproxen (aleve) or a muscle relaxer like carisoprodol (soma) can sometimes have a great effect on people who are dealing with headaches and muscle pain. do not take more Tylenol with the hydrocodone because this can be damaging to the liver. if this fails, he should talk to his doctor about trying a different medicine.