Curvature of the spine can occur in children, recognize symptoms

KOMPAS.com – Scoliosis is a skeletal body disorder in the form of the curvature of the spine. Usually, scoliosis forms the spine on the side and the curvature increases with age.

Scoliosis can occur in children and adults. In children, scoliosis can become serious because it can develop very rapidly as it grows.

"Scoliosis can occur in infants and toddlers aged 0 to 3 years (19459006) infantile 4 adolescent ), and over 19 years [ adult ), "said Dr. dr Ninis Sri Prasetyowati, KFR Sp, expert consultant of Clinic Scoliosis Care

He added that scoliosis progression occurs at the age of 10-18 years. That is, in those days, the bending of the spine moves quickly.

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"Scoliosis will increase by 1 to 3 degrees a year .It is safe," said Labana Simanihuruk, physiologist and anatomist at a meeting at Cikini on Tuesday (17/07/2018).

Unfortunately, the early symptoms of scoliosis are rarely noticed by the person affected, although it can be seen physically

There are several things that can be done to detect the presence of scoliosis: check if the shoulder is asymmetrical or not, watch the bulge of the bones of the shoulder and check the presence of the arch at the hip and hip.

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Basically, scoliosis is harmless, but it can lead to death if no further action is taken.

This is because the bending of the spine can remove other organs in the body such as the lungs and heart, thus causing respiratory infections and heart failure.

In addition, scoliosis can also affect the nerves that can cause hernia hernia nucleus pulposus

"Scoliosis can cause death to attack other organs, according to where twisted.Therefore, a lot if scoliosis has reached more than 60 degrees to one of the organs, such as the lungs and heart, "Labana lid.