Aims to help and advise families of children suffering fromPerthes disease and Associated conditions in all parts of the British Isles and overseas.
Perthes disease (a potentially crippling disease of the hip) is a form of osteochondritis, which affects 5.5 per 100,000 children (mainly boys) between the ages of 2 and 15 years.
What is Perthes Disease?
Perthes disease (also known as Legg-Calve-Perthes disease, or Calve Perthesdisease, or avascular necrosis) is a childhood disorder which affects the head of the femur ( the ball of the ball and socket joint of the hip). In Perthes disease the blood supply to the growth plate of the bone at the end of the femur (called the epiphysis) becomes inadequate. As a result the bone softens and breaks down (a process called necrosis).
What do we do?
WE ARE A VOLUNTARY ORGANISATION that supports children who suffer fromPerthes disease and Associated conditions. Fund raising events have enabled the association to buy such things as Major buggies, wheelchairs and moveable seats, which are loaned entirely free to members. They have also bought almost 100 hand propelled trikes which they loan to children in splints or plaster, to enable them to play with their friends.
Associated Conditions
- A DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS TO PERTHES DISEASE
- MULTIPLE EPIPHYSEAL DYSPLASIA
Multiple Epiphyseal Dysplasia, usually simply called M.E.D. is an uncommon developmental condition. It was first described by Fairbanks in 1935 and is known to affect 11 persons per million. The multiple Epiphyseal dysplasias have been classified into a mild ribbing variety, in which stature is near normal and hip involvement is the major abnormality, and the more typical Fairbanks type (described by Fairbanks in 1947) which is more severe, often resulting in short stature with multiple Epiphyseal involvement.
