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Q: Develpmental Dysplasia of the Hip

asked by: marshallshannon on July 15th, 2004

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I was diagnosed with the bilateral ddh at the age of six months. After spending the next six months of my life in a brace, my parents were told everything was perfect. Yet, at the current age of 20 I continue to experience severe pain in my left hip. Throughout my life I have seen no doctor other than a general practitioner and had no more than simple x-rays to examine the problem... But I have no medical insurance to cover jumping from doctor to doctor to find one to help me. Does anybody have any suggestions or advice for me? What can be done; anything? Do I just have to live with the pain? What questions do I need to ask the doctor?

Thanks
shannon

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marshallshannon

replied on July 16th, 2004

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Also...

I should add that after several trips to the doctor and x-rays, they still insist that there is nothing wrong. If there is nothing wrong, why doesthe pain knock me out so often?

Shannon

Monkeybones

replied on November 24th, 2004

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Just because they may "say" that "nothing's wrong"...Doesn't necessarily mean that there "is" nothing wrong...

It just means that by clinical evaluation there are no found abnormalities..

Difficult to get at when you're in pain, isn't it? I can't imagine that when I get my tests and results back, them saying "nothing's wrong" and kicking me out... Pain is pain...

All you can really do (and this is not going to sound like much help), is keep seeing "a" doctor of some sort...Until the problem is found...

I'm not of much service when it comes to 'costs and healthcare programs'...Appologies Crying or Very sad

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impalink

replied on July 18th, 2005

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Hip Pain

I have no idea if I am doing this right but I am trying to reach shannon about her chronic hip pain. I had dysplacia as a child and had to wear a brace for months. I had no problems after that untill I was around 20 or so. I'm hoping I can help becuse our problem seems so similar.
Jessica

JasonAnthony29

replied on July 18th, 2005

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It might be worthwhile to get an mri done of your hip. There's other things that can be going on with your hip besides bone problems; there's alot of soft tissue problems that can cause pain, i.E, muscle sprains/tears, ligament sprains/tears, cartilage problems. Standard x-rays are limited as to what they show; mri tells the story of the condition of all of the soft tissue components of the hip.

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