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Kashin Beck Disease (KBD)
Is a disorder of the bones and joints of the hands and fingers, elbows, knees, and ankles of children and adolescents who slowly develop stiff deformed joints, shortened limb length and short stature due to necrosis (death) of the growth plates of bones and of joint cartilage.
Symptoms:
- Joint pain
- Morning stiffness in the joints
- Disturbances of flexion and extension in the elbows
- Enlarged inter-phalangeal joints
- Limited motion in many joints of the body
Preliminary plan:
- Traumatologist appointment
- General practitioner appointment
- Complete blood count (CBC)
- Urinalysis
- Stool analys - Protozoans and Helminths (microscopy)
- Blood test:
- Urea (BUN)
- Creatinine
- Uric acid
- Rheumatoid factor
- Antistreptolisin O (ASL-O)
- Calcium
- Phosphorus
- Glucose
- Alkaline phosphatase (ALP)
- Alaninaminotrasferaza (ALT)
- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST)
- Bilirubin total and direct
- Cholesterol
- HDL Cholesterol
- LDL Cholesterol
- Triglycerides
- Potassium Sodium Chlorine (K, Na, Cl) (blood)
- CK-creatine kinase
- Joint X-ray