my son aged 9yrs old has been found to have been affected by perthes desease, doctors say that the desease no longer exist but the boy s affected leg will continue decreasing and any they can not do anything until he is aged 18yrs, now he has a pad to put in his shoes to balance his movements
Yes perches disease onset at late age after 6 years of age are difficult to treat but leaving it without any intervention is wrong. What happens in this disease is that the joint between hip and upper end of thigh-bone is affected in this due to poor blood supply. In its acute stage if pressure is kept on that limb then more blood supply will be hampered and may result in permanent disability which can be corrected surgically.  If in its early phase if that limb is given rest then the illness can be reversed, by giving rest blood flow to that area will be regained by new vessels. In lower age groups bone remodeling can be better achieved, so the treatment in later age group is difficult but treatable if shown to good pediatric orthopedics surgeon. Giving shoe correction for balancing the weight equal to both hips is a conservative method. Correction after age of 18 told you is said because by this age bones grow to the adult size and remodeling can still be expected at this age but is usually slow. In my opinion please take opinion of a God orthopedic surgeon and please share with us