Bow legs in teenagers is most commonly caused by Blount disease which is a growth disorder that affects the bones of your lower leg which causes the legs to bow outward.
Blount disease can affect people at any time during the growth process but is more common in children younger than 4 and in teens.
During blount disease a lot of pressure is put on the growth plate at the top of your tibia.
The signs that your baby has bow legs are the baby's legs are wide apart or do not come together when they stand with their feet and ankles together.
A baby or child with bowed legs will also have a distinct space between the lower legs and their knees.
There's no way to prevent your baby from getting bow legs although you can help prevent the child from getting rickets and help with the bow legs by allowing the child to move around often and make sure your child is getting enough vitamin D and calcium in their diet.
Baby's bow legs can be fixed naturally and in most cases a baby's bow legs will straighten on their own with time as the baby grows into a child and into adulthood.
To fix your baby's bow legs naturally Vitamin D and calcium can help correct the bow legs and simply waiting.
Physiologic bow legs in babies do not require any treatment and will fix themselves as the child grows.
A child with blount disease will sometimes need a brace or surgery to fix the condition.
The most common cause of bow legs is a condition called physiologic genu varum.
When the baby was developing in the uterus (womb), they were in a cramped position.
Some of the baby's bones had to rotate while they were was in your uterus so they could fit in the small space.
However diapers when they get bulky or swell up from pee can make it harder for a baby or toddler to walk properly.
So diapers can affect walking and especially thick cloth diapers can affect walking more but diapers whether cloth or disposable diapers cannot and does not cause bow legs.
For a child to get bow legs a child must suffer from bowleg since birth and natural symptoms will disappear or lessen as the child grows up.
The bowed legs can be corrected gradually using an adjustable frame.
The surgeon cuts the bone and connects an adjustable external frame to it with wires and pins.
Early diagnosis and detection of bowlegs will help you and your child manage this condition.
Arthritis is the primary long-term effect of bowlegs, and it can be disabling.
When it's severe, it can affect the knees, feet, ankles, and hip joints because of the abnormal stresses applied.
If your child has bowlegs along with any of the following symptoms, they may have a more serious condition: bowlegs that continue to get worse after the age of 2.
In some cases, the underlying bowleg condition causes one leg to be shorter than the other.
This can also be corrected, using limb lengthening surgery.
Whether to worry depends on your child's age and the severity of the bowing.
Mild bowing in an infant or toddler under age 3 is typically normal and will get better over time.
However, bowed legs that are severe, worsening or persisting beyond age 3 should be referred to a specialist.