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What is Spina Bifida?

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A Parent’s Guide to Spina Bifida

As we know, there are some people that unfortunately were born with a defect. The defect are various among them. And, that condition often makes them in some difficult situation that normal people don’t have.

Now, we are going to talk about one of the birth defects. It is Spina Bifida. Maybe, you have ever seen a boy or girl who has a bulging on their backs. It is because the bones in the spine cannot grow properly around the spinal cord. As a result, there is an opening in the spine. In a severe case, the kids cannot move their part of bodies properly and seems to have any loss of intelligence. Those are the characteristics of Spina Bifida.

Normally, our spines are closed to protect the spinal cord and nerves. As you know, the function of the nerves is to send messages to the brain in order to make instruction for the body. Due to the opening spine, the nerves may be broken. As a result, the messages cannot be transferred to the brain properly. Thus, some people who have Spina Bifida cannot move their part of bodies as a result of the instruction from the brain.

Spina Bifida in a severe case is divided into two types. They are Meningocele and Myelomeningocele camera. Both of them are characterized by a bulge in their skin. But, in Myelomeningocele, the bulge contains the nerves. As a result, a kid with Myelomeningocele is unable to walk, run, dance, or even feel the pain of touching hot water.

Experts say that the cause of Spina Bifida is genetically inherited. Parents who have dominant genetic may transfer the gen to their children. Experts also say that a woman who suffers from diabetes and obesity has a risk to deliver baby with Spina Bifida.

What Can We Get from Spine Service

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These days, many kinds of disorder spines have a lot of treatments. The treatments are provided by many hospitals with skill and expertise of orthopedics spine surgeon and neurosurgeons.

Therefore, we should not worry anymore if we get spine pain. We can go to the hospitals all over the world like in Spine Center in Prince Court Kuala Lumpur, Ochsner Spine Center in Louisiana or in The Neurosurgical Spine Division at the University of Pittsburgh.

If we take spine service in the hospital, we will get some steps from the very beginning. First, of course we will get some diagnoses from the doctor before we get any treatment. The result of the diagnoses will really determine what type of the treatment type of the treatments we will have.

Usually, doctors will take some steps. They can use X-ray or bone scans to know whether there is any deformities spine or not. Then, they will take magnetic resonance imaging (IMR), computed tomography scan (CAT scan), and also blood tests.

If the result of the diagnose shows positive to have spine pain, then we will get some spine treatment required. Often, the surgery is done for correcting the spine deformities. A good service will minimize the wound size. Normally, we don’t want to have any wound that makes us look bad.

In a modern hospital, the surgery will take some modern devise to reduce wound size and also alleviate the pain after the operation. They may apply specialized reactor system. If possible, they will minimally invasive surgeries such as endoscopic.

Doctors also apply pain management techniques for example radio-frequency for facet joint pain, disc annuloplasty with radio-frequency. They may use laser technology, manipulation, hydrotherapy, and acupuncture. We can also request experimental treatment programs to the doctors such as spinal cord stimulators and stem cell treatment.