Scoliosis is a disease that doctors do not yet have an explanation for other than the fact that it runs in the family. More often than not, it is girls that suffer from severe scoliosis, not boys, and you can tell if a child has scoliosis by looking at them from behind. If they have it they will have extra curves that are not seen in most people.
Scoliosis is a genetic disease that affects girls and women more than boys. As you get older, you can have scoliosis either from an increase in a childhood problem that you had never had diagnosed or treated, but in some cases it is actually caused by a degenerative joint condition that you have in your spine.
Thankfully, for most children scoliosis never really gets worse, and all that you need to do is have them go for a checkup every so often so that it can be caught early if a problem starts to form. There are, however, more sever cases where the curves and problems associated with scoliosis that continue to get worse for these you will have to talk to your child’s doctors about your options. This may include a brace, some surgery, or a combination of them.
Normally your spine makes an S shape when you look at it from the side with the upper back bending outwards a little, and the lower back bending slightly inwards however, if you were to look at a healthy spine from the back, it should just form a straight line. If you have scoliosis, you have an abnormal curve in your spine that becomes apparent when you look at it from behind.
There are a number of ways that allow you to see your scoliosis, and a few symptoms as well some of the things you will notice are uneven shoulder, you may find that one shoulder blade may even be more prominent than the other, uneven waist; one of your hips may be higher than the other. You may also lean to one side more than the other, and you may also suffer from fatigue.