Does scoliosis affect health?

1. Severe kyphosis, especially kyphosis, can compress spinal nerves and cause nervous system symptoms, such as numbness and weakness of lower limbs, dysuria and even paralysis.

2. Impaired cardiopulmonary function: Scoliosis will cause thoracic compression and thoracic collapse, and lung development will be affected. In severe cases, it will cause respiratory failure and affect heart function and gastrointestinal tract.

3. Scoliosis leads to asymmetric stress on both skeletal muscles, which is prone to low back pain; Accelerate the degeneration of the spine and appear hyperosteogeny earlier than the average person; Leg pain caused by secondary spinal stenosis and nerve compression.

4. Appearance: The spine and trunk are skewed and asymmetrical.

5. Psychology: Psychological influence. Patients with scoliosis may have inferiority complex.