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Feb 28, 2014

I have Scolio!

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I had a chest X-ray today and it showed that I have a levoscoliosis (convexing to the left, it's called dextroscoliosis if it's going to the right). My last chest X-ray was when I applied for an exchange student and the scoliosis wasn't there before.

I had researched on what caused this. I thought it was due to my heavy backpack during my school days, I used to carry my laptop everyday, or maybe I am always slouching. But based on what I read, there had been many cases on which the caused were unknown, it's called idiopathic. Lifestyle cannot account for it. The heavy backpacks and poor posture has nothing to do with it. The other type is the functional scoliosis which were caused by other issues like uneven length of legs. Experts said that in most cases the likely caused was hereditary (congenital). Maybe I will agree with that because my sister is also a slouch (she may also have scolio). But none of our parents has scoliosis.

As for the cure, there is no known medicine for it, no daily tablet maintenance, no therapy. Doctors will only observe if the degree of curve is increasing. If it's getting worse then, they would suggest wearing braces or operation. And the worse part is, the treatments will just stop its progress and not reverse the curve. But studies say that persons with this 'illness' still live a normal life, with or without braces. They can do any sports, perform heavy tasks as if there's nothing wrong with them.

I remember a dorm mate of mine who is always complaining of backaches due to her scoliosis. She always cry because of the pain. I thought she was just faking it because she doesn't want to attend her classes. I believed that scoliosis wouldn't produce such pain. But it proves me wrong. As for my case, it's affecting my breathing pattern. I always have to take a deep breaths to make myself comfortable but lucky for me, I am not experiencing the back pains (as for now). The progression of a curve is not predictable; it may stop sometime and continue to cover after years of dormancy. I just hope that my curve progression stops for good. There's nothing much left to do but wait and live life as usual.

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