Posted by Joel on February 08, 2004 at 20:05:20:
In Reply to: questions posted by Stacie Warren on February 05, 2004 at 08:12:38:
The bottom line is that doctors still do not know what causes LP. As far as I know, I am the only one in my family to have had it. Everything everybody else said is right on, though. Get a second opinion, if you want to and monitor your son carefully. My dad first suspected that something was wrong when he saw me dragging my left leg with an almost theatrical movement (probably similar to a skip, I don't know, this is just what my folks told me). Get copies of ALL records/X-rays as they may be needed later on. Good luck and we all hope you the best.
: My boyfriend has leg pereth and we now have a two year old boy. He has a limp when he walks. He loves to jump off of things, he runs etc. We brought him yesterday to the doctors and he checked him did the rotating of the hips etc, he said he didn't see anything wrong but if he was still limping in a couple of weeks then bring him back and we would do an x-ray. Is this inherited? What causes this to happen? If anyone has suggestions I would appreciate them. I am very scared. I would like to know different things to do or different ways to help him. Is jumping a cause?