What are the risks of scoliosis for adolescents?

Scoliosis can cause physical and psychological damage to adolescents.

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Physiologically, scoliosis can affect adolescents 'posture, resulting in improper body posture, and thus affecting height development. At the same time, scoliosis can also cause degenerative changes in the spine, accelerating the aging of the spine, thus causing a series of spinal diseases, such as lumbar disc herniation, spinal arthritis, etc. In addition, severe scoliosis may also oppress the nerves in the spine, causing nerve damage, limb numbness, pain, weakness and other symptoms, and may even affect the ability of adolescents to walk.

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Psychologically, scoliosis may lead to psychological problems such as inferiority, depression and so on. Due to abnormal posture, adolescents may suffer from ridicule and rejection by peers, resulting in inferiority complex. Long-term psychological stress and inferiority complex may lead to social disorders in adolescents, affecting their normal social and life.