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A: Conditions such as Paget’s disease and rickets can cause bow legs to develop in adulthood:
In addition, infection, injury, and conditions that affect bone and cartilage growth can lead to bow legs in old age.
A: Knee replacement surgery is not aimed at fixing bow legs. Bow leg surgery (called osteotomy) aims to straighten the leg bones and can prevent the need for future knee replacement surgery.
A: Having a family member who had bow legs may indicate a genetic tendency for bow legs, including degenerative conditions such as osteoarthritis.
A: If untreated, bow legs can get worse with age. In young children, bow legs tend not to cause discomfort or pain, but the condition can get worse over time.
A hip fracture can happen due to a collision, old age, and a sedentary lifestyle. Get to know more about it, how to prevent it, and whether it can heal without surgery.
Back pain, while common, can vary widely from person to person, with different causes and severity. Here’s how to tell when medical attention is needed.
Gout is a form of arthritis that affects around 1% of the population and 6 times more men than women.
Parkway Shenton family physician Dr Wong Pei Ying shares more about gout symptoms, risk factors of the disease, potential complications and how it can be treated.
Dr Kannan Kaliyaperumal, orthopaedic surgeon, explains all you need to know about gout.
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