Thoracic deformity: treatment of chicken breast

summary

Chicken breast refers to the forward protrusion of sternum. Chicken breast is a common chest deformity. Most people think that rib and costal cartilage overgrowth is caused, and sternal deformity is secondary to rib deformity. About 6% - 22% of the chest deformities. The classification of chicken breast includes boat breast, spherical pigeon breast and unilateral chicken breast. For children with severe deformity, it will cause negative physiological and psychological effects, so surgical treatment should be carried out. Deformities can also damage respiratory and circulatory functions. The following describes the causes and treatment of chicken breast.

Thoracic deformity: treatment of chicken breast

First, the cause of chicken breast disease. At present, it is considered that chicken breast deformity and funnel chest deformity are related to heredity, but most of them are caused by excessive growth of ribs and soft ribs; repeated chronic respiratory tract infection, some people think that chicken breast deformity is related to repeated chronic respiratory tract infection, long-term chronic respiratory tract infection will gradually form chicken breast.

Second: the symptoms of chicken breast. Typical symptoms are wheezing and chest deformity. Chicken breast and funnel chest, on the contrary, is a forward protruding sternum deformity, clinical symptoms are relatively light, so not much attention by patients and their families, severe chicken breast patients often have poor activity tolerance, easy to fatigue, and often appear repeated upper respiratory tract infection.

Third: the treatment of chicken breast. Sternotomy with vascular pedicle is the same as pectus excavatum operation; sternotomy without vascular pedicle should master the length of sternotomy, and appropriate pruning after sternotomy will get good correction; sternotomy with rib subsidence is to cut off rectus abdominis at the attachment point of rectus abdominis, and then cut the rib periosteum to remove the excessive part.

matters needing attention

Prevention of chicken breast. At the end of pregnancy, mothers should pay attention to nutrition, eat more eggs, animal liver and other foods containing vitamin D and protein. Newborn babies should be breastfed as much as possible. Sun exposure is the most convenient, economical, safe and effective way to prevent rickets.