2. If the expectant mother's O-leg or X-leg itself is a genetic disease, such as congenital metabolic abnormality or hereditary bone dysplasia, there are common achondroplasia, epiphyseal cartilage dysplasia, epiphyseal epiphysis and multiple endogenous chondromas. , which will be inherited.
Therefore, if parents have O-legs or X-legs, whether they will be passed on to future generations depends on whether the diseases that lead to O-legs or X-legs of expectant mothers are hereditary diseases.
Parents' walking posture is also a kind of "inheritance"
In addition, an important reason that seems to be related to heredity is living habits. Although this is not what we call heredity, babies have super imitation ability and can easily learn the posture of their parents. If parents may form O-legs or X-legs, babies will often follow suit and eventually lead to O-legs or X-legs. Therefore, this kind of "heredity" still works through daily habits.
How to prevent and correct O-leg and X-leg babies?
After the baby is born, it is necessary to check the trace elements in time to see if the baby is short of calcium. If the baby is short of calcium, it should be supplemented in time. When the baby is two years old, add foods containing calcium and phosphorus to the baby's complementary food. Non-hereditary O-legs and X-legs, which are less severe, generally grow and heal themselves without treatment. More serious cases can be corrected with orthoses, because severely deformed diseases need surgical treatment. For O-leg and X-leg, the main treatment methods are operation, splint, leggings, exercise, correcting insoles and so on. For children with vitamin D deficiency rickets, that is, O-legs and X-legs caused by heredity, we must receive regular and systematic treatment for rickets, and at the same time pay attention to children not to learn to walk too early.
Whether O-legs and X-legs can be inherited depends on different situations. O-legs or X-legs caused by acquired diseases of parents will not be inherited; O-leg or X-leg caused by congenital metabolic disorder or hereditary bone dysplasia will be inherited.