What’s my Baby’s Symptoms sound like 2 you?
Thursday, October 29th, 2009 at
8:15 am
catch 26 asked:
at last 9month check up doctor said one leg a little longer than the other and didnt have a pop when checking his hips”X-ray’s” came back negitive for displasha.
*when in his jumper or bouncer his feet touch the ground but only one foot rest flat othe is kinda a dead leg just hangs their or he will only stand on his tippy toes on that side
*every time i change him as soon as i lay him down on his back he rolls over within seconds if you try to keep him still facing belly up he acts as if his in pain and isnt comfortable unless on his tummy
*when he moves army crawl but only with one leg that pushes the other one just seems to be dragging along same one that is dead in jumper
*he will crawl for a few feet then go on his side take a break for a second then crawl some more or he will stop to suck his thumb or put his head down and suck his thumb as if his sucking in the pain.
He had pyloric stenosis when he was born then had bad reflux gerd and hasnt had alot of problems since except a rash on his mouth and under his nose red dots doctor said it was eczema but thats what he said about the stuff behind his ear wich came off in the bath it was old oatmeal. please help me if you can guess by experince or education i dont think anyone at my doctors office knows what they are doing
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at last 9month check up doctor said one leg a little longer than the other and didnt have a pop when checking his hips”X-ray’s” came back negitive for displasha.
*when in his jumper or bouncer his feet touch the ground but only one foot rest flat othe is kinda a dead leg just hangs their or he will only stand on his tippy toes on that side
*every time i change him as soon as i lay him down on his back he rolls over within seconds if you try to keep him still facing belly up he acts as if his in pain and isnt comfortable unless on his tummy
*when he moves army crawl but only with one leg that pushes the other one just seems to be dragging along same one that is dead in jumper
*he will crawl for a few feet then go on his side take a break for a second then crawl some more or he will stop to suck his thumb or put his head down and suck his thumb as if his sucking in the pain.
He had pyloric stenosis when he was born then had bad reflux gerd and hasnt had alot of problems since except a rash on his mouth and under his nose red dots doctor said it was eczema but thats what he said about the stuff behind his ear wich came off in the bath it was old oatmeal. please help me if you can guess by experince or education i dont think anyone at my doctors office knows what they are doing
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I don’t think his pyloric stenosis or GERD has any relationship with his legs. I will assume that a competent radiologist read the x-rays, and that there is no dysplasia.
You didn’t say which leg was the relatively dead one, but I will guess that it is the left. At any rate it doesn’t make too much difference.
I recommend a doctor check the infant’s reflexes. If the reflexes in the affected leg are absent or decreased, there is a good chance that there is a problem with the nerves leading from the spinal cord to the leg. A pediatric neurologist would be the best person to check this out, as there are several possibilities.
If the reflexes are increased, there may be a problem in the brain. Infrequently a fetus will experience a hemorrhagic stroke during gestation, usually in the second trimester. Most of these hemorrhages involve the area of the brain supplied by the middle cerebral artery. They tend to be somewhat more common on the right side of the brain, which I why I guessed it was the left leg that is affected. Such strokes may result in severe paralysis of one side of the body, or sometimes only a hand or foot. Sometimes the weakness is relatively subtle and an abnormality is not suspected until the infant is 9 – 12 months of age.
Again, you might consult a pediatric neurologist. He or she might recommend an MRI of the brain.