Blount's disease
morbus Blount latin

Blount's disease may come back after surgery, especially in younger children.

Failure to treat Blount's disease may lead to progressive deformity.

Blount's disease is a deformity in the legs, mostly from the knees to the ankles.

Blount's disease occurs in young children and adolescents.

There are two types of Blount's disease.

Unlike bowlegs, which tend to straighten as the child develops, Blount's disease is progressive and the condition worsens.

A doctor correctly diagnosed it as Blount's disease, a condition in which the upper shin bone stops producing bone tissue.

Blount's disease is a growth disorder of the tibia (shin bone) that causes the lower leg to angle inward, resembling a bowleg.

Sleep apnea, pseudotumor cerebri, and Blount's disease represent major sources of morbidity for which rapid and sustained weight reduction is essential.

Blount's disease in this age is very risky because sometimes it is not detected and it passes to the second type of Blount's disease.

A few examples of other health risks include Blount's disease, skin fungal infections, Acanthosis Nigracans, Hepatic Steatosis, in addition to both psychological and behavioral problems.

The second type of Blount's disease is found mostly in older children and in teens, sometimes in one leg and sometimes in both; the patient's age determines how severe the diagnosis is.