Question
A five-year-old child experienced fever and diarrhea at six months old, and later found that the right leg had limited mobility and the knee reflex disappeared. Although the child can walk now, the posture is poor, and the right thigh is notably thinner than the left. How should it be treated?
Answer
For young individuals, a thinner right thigh might be due to prolonged use of the right leg for standing and exertion. It is recommended to strengthen the left thigh’s strength through exercises, such as attaching sandbags to the left thigh for training, which could show results within three to five months. For middle-aged or elderly individuals, it may be necessary to consider the possibility of small blood clots in the blood, causing deep vein thrombosis in the right thigh, leading to poor blood flow. In this case, it is advisable to go to the hospital for further examination.