What is Bowed Legs?

Bowed Legs (or bow leggedness), more commonly known as genu varum, is a condition wherein the knees are curved outward and the ankles touch each other even when a person is standing with his/her knees and ankles together. 

What are the causes of Bowed Legs?

Common causes of this condition include:

• Rickets: Due to vitamin D deficiency for a prolonged period, the bones start weakening causing bowed legs.
• Blount disease: This is a condition wherein the development of a child’s shin happens inappropriately. Hence, when the child starts walking, it results in the worsening of the bowed legs.
• Paget’s disease: It is a metabolic condition that harms the bone break down and rebuilding process.
• Dwarfism: Achondroplasia is the type of dwarfism, which causes bowed legs over a prolonged period.
• Bone fractures, also known as bone dysplasia
• Abnormally developed bones
• Lead, fluoride poisoning

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References:

• Bowed Legs Diseases. OrthoInfo. Available at: https://orthoinfo.aaos.org/en/diseases–conditions/bowed-legs-blounts-disease/ Accessed on June 11, 2020.
• Bowed Legs. Healthline. Available at: https://www.healthline.com/health/bowlegs Accessed on June 11, 2020.
• Bowed Legs. Limb length. Available at: https://www.limblength.org/conditions/bowlegs/ Accessed on June 11, 2020.
• Bowed Legs. CH Ortho. Available at: https://www.chortho.com/common-conditions/bowlegs-and-knock-knees Accessed on June 11, 2020.

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