What is Dextro Scoliosis?

The spine bends to the right when someone has dextro scoliosis. In this form of scoliosis, the curve bends away from the heart. Dextro scoliosis is a kind of scoliosis in which the spine develops an unnatural curve.

 Dextro scoliosis often affects the middle-and upper portions of the thoracic spine, however, doctors might identify aberrant curvatures anywhere in the spinal column. An abnormally turned lateral curvature of the spine is referred to as scoliosis. Different forms of scoliosis can manifest themselves within this rotation. These differ in their origin, setting, and curve-bending direction. The irregular curve that bends to the right is known as dextro scoliosis. This kind of scoliosis has a curvature that curves away from the heart.

Dextro scoliosis (and many other types of scoliosis) are treated by the spin doctors at Southwest Scoliosis and Spine Institute in the most conservative, efficient,

What are the different causes of Dextro Scoliosis?

• A few neuromuscular diseases, such as muscular dystrophy or cerebral palsy.
• Birth abnormalities impact how the spine's bones grow.
  
• Prior to infant surgery on the chest wall.
• Spine-related wounds or infections.
• Anomalies in the spinal cord.

What are the signs and symptoms of Dextro Scoliosis?

Dextro scoliosis sufferers may exhibit the following:

• Height-related uneven shoulders
• The shoulder blades will stick out more from one than the other.
• One side of the body's ribs will stick out farther than the other.
• uneven hips and a waist
• spine with an arc
• Body sway (the upper body will lean to one side)
• Head incline (the head will lean more to one side)

Scoliosis patients with extreme degree curves may occasionally experience pressure on various organs and body parts from their bent spine. This may cause severe signs and symptoms, like:

• breathing, difficulty, and shortness of breath
• back ache
• chest pain
• Leg ache
• Having trouble using the restroom