The Benign Joint Hypermobile Syndrome among Sudanese's Children in Al-Khartoum State from November 2011-May 2012
Journal Title: Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research - Year 2017, Vol 22, Issue 8
Abstract
Background: Joint hyper mobility (JH) defines as ligamentous laxity, it is due to a primary genetic disorder of connective tissue matrix proteins, Moreover, it is highly associations with the risk of soft tissue injury, chronic widespread pain, and early degenerative disease. The aim at the study to assess the frequency of hyper mobility syndromes in Sudanese 'children, and the knowledge of mother toward to the disease, morbidity and importance of treatment else. Methodology: This is, Hospital- based descriptive cross sectional study conducted at 4 hospital at Khartoum state in Sudan at(November-2011/may-2012), randomly selection 100 children their age between 3-13Y seen in the outpatient clinic or admitted to hospital namely above, receive the questioner about general information about on child and mother's ,also clinical measurement by Brighton criteria and Beighton score. Results: Children had benign hyper mobile syndrome (BJHS) according to Beighton score 63%, while 56% of children according to Brighton criteria moreover, 45% of mother notice the BJHS while 9% of mother consider about the symptoms. Conclusion: Hyper mobility syndromes are common in Sudanese children while the poor knowledge about this condition might lead to delay in diagnosis and application of treatment.
Authors and Affiliations
Rufida Said Thabet Kamal Eldeen, Fath El-Rahman El-Ahmed, Mohammad Diab Hussein
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