Information on Knee knock

The knock knee is a condition where the patient’s knees can touch each other but his ankles can’t. The angle of the legs appears to be in an inward angle.

A study shows that infants experience the bowlegs as a result of the ureters folded position. These bowlegs can get straighten as the child starts or learns to walk. After a period of time, usually three to four years, the kid becomes knock kneed. When he stands straight, his knees touch each other but his ankles don’t.
 
Causes of knock knee:

A child or a person can experience the knock knees due to various reasons. These reasons can be said as the causes of knock knees. The knock knee causes are as follows:

• A disease occurred due to the vitamin D deficiency (Rickets)
• Obesity or overweight
• Bone infection (Osteomyelitis)
• Shinbone injury
• A disease occurred to the vitamin C deficiency (Scurvy)

Symptoms of knock knee:

The knock knee symptoms are the early signs which can be seen in the patient’s knees. These symptoms help to determine whether it’s a knock knee case or not. The symptoms of knock knees are as follows:

• Walking difficulty or awkwardness in walking
• Knee angles causing pain
• Knee angle which appears excessively outwards or inwards
• Differences in angle of leg while standing straight

If the problems of the knees are severe, people prefer the knee replacement surgery. The knee replacement surgery or the knee surgery is of two types. They are the partial knee replacement as well as the complete knee replacement. With the help of special and necessary instruments, the surgeon will operate the damaged bones of the knees. He shall then replace the necessary surface into the required place. An orthopedic should be consulted in order to start a treatment for the knocked knees, pelvis and sacrum.

While people undergo the knee replacement surgeries, there are certain complications involved in it. In order to make sure that the surgery is successful, people must overcome these complications. The possible complications in knee surgery or knee replacement surgery are as follows:

• Infection- The problem of infection can occur if the patient has other problems such as diabetes, or other health problems. The patient is given antibiotics before the surgery as well as after the surgery is complete.

• Misalignment- The misalignment of the replaced knee can be very harmful as well as problematic to treat again. It can even cause pain to the patient.

• Loosening of the implant- If the implanted the knee joint loosens up, the process of surgery might be followed again in order to fix it up

The knee knock is a problem that usually occurs from the birth time of the patient. The only thing is it should be realized or recognized at the correct time.