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parin · Credits: 14460 My Scrapbook My Reading List 1 Books

Wind swept deformity is seen in..

a) Scurvy
b) Rickets
c) Achondroplasia
d) Osteoporosis

The answer given is b)... any ref?

dr_angel · Credits: 424 My Scrapbook

the ans is--B-rickets..here's some useful info:

Signs and symptoms of rickets include:

* Bone pain or tenderness
* dental problems
* muscle weakness (rickety myopathy or "floppy baby syndrome")
* increased tendency for fractures (easily broken bones), especially greenstick fractures
* Skeletal deformity
o Toddlers: Bowed legs (genu varum)
o Older children: Knock-knees (genu valgum) or "windswept knees"
o Cranial, spinal, and pelvic deformities
* Growth disturbance
* Hypocalcemia (low level of calcium in the blood), and
* Tetany (uncontrolled muscle spasms all over the body).
* Craniotabes (soft skull)
* Costochondral swelling (i.e. "rickety rosary" )
* Harrison's groove
* Double malleoli sign due to metaphyseal hyperplasia

An X-ray or radiograph of an advanced sufferer from rickets tends to present in a classic way: bow legs (outward curve of long bone of the legs) and a deformed chest. Changes in the skull also occur causing a distinctive "square headed" appearance. These deformities persist into adult life if not treated.

Long-term consequences include permanent bends or disfiguration of the long bones, and a curved back.

reference--from wikipedia's website......

radhikacr · Credits: 954 My Scrapbook

hi angel
i dont think genu valgum is same as wind swept knees.It is actually valgum in one knee and varus in the other so that it will look like as if the knees got caught in the wind..

dr_angel · Credits: 424 My Scrapbook

hi radhika,

i meant that in older children, rickets wud either cause knock knees(genu valgum) or it wud cause wind swept deformity..sorry abt the confusion becoz of the word "OR".cud hav confused others also..

thnks 4 correcting it...

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