The human body never happens absolutely symmetrical. There are always some differences that add individuality, and do not spoil. If asymmetry is significant, this is already a disease called hemigipephy. Read more about him, and about what it threatens, read in the article.
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Surely anyone, considering herself in the mirror, found «Asymmetry» Your face - then one nostril on one or two millimeters seems more different, then the left (or right) part of the lower jaw seems (or in fact) more powerful; If you attach the palms to each other, it can very well be that the brush of one hand is a little more different - and it is not at all necessary that «larger» Brush U «right-handed» It turns out right. You can also give other ways to compare each other those parts of the body, which in the idea should be completely symmetrical and find the difference in their sizes. Such «Microscopic» Differences in the sizes of symmetric parts of the body are almost all people and our reader worry, most likely nothing to do.
However, if the dimensions of different limbs or halves of the body differ from each other significantly - this is already pathology. Wears such a state of hemigipephy (hemi - hemi - sex). If you translate this name with «scientific» for a housing language, then this increase in half the body. There are several hemigipephy options:
- All half of the body may increase,
- It may be the so-called krocal (or cross-cross) hemigipephy - this is when it increases, for example, the upper part of the body on the right (or left) to some border (to the waist, for example), and below this border hypertrophy develops from the opposite side (if hemigipephy is on top of hemigipephy On the right - she will be left at the bottom, and vice versa). The boundary between the upper or lower part of the increased body departments during hemigipephy passes horizontally. An increase in the affected body part is quite large, often uneven. Increased in the process mainly soft fabrics (leather, subcutaneous fiber, muscle), but sometimes bone tissue is also affected.
There is a local form of hemigipertrophy (an increase in one limb, legs, for example); This condition can develop due to impaired lymphottock (elephantity). Local (local) hemigipephy develops under the Stern-Weera syndrome due to the dysfunction of the sympathetic barrel (as it is now supposed to); Unilateral hypertrophy, such as leg muscles at elephantism, can develop, and so on. In general, hemigipephy is a progressive disease, that is, once starting, it does not stop itself, progresses.
What is so dangerous hemigipephy? First, the reason for this state has been studied not enough (the benefit is a rare condition, and «material» For studying little), and, therefore, it is impossible to make unambiguous conclusions than it threatens. Apparently, various mechanisms are involved here; Congenital status may be genetically predisposed (at least in some cases). Most often, the cause of the development of hemigipephy is violations and vices of the development of vessels. On the affected side is celebrated «marble» Skin and its formation, which are the result of circulatory disorders. This occurs swelling of the skin; The trophic ulcers can then occur.
In addition, it is believed that in hemigipephy, the risk of oncology is very high - the development of the kidney tumor (nephroblastoma), therefore, patients with hemigipertrophy need to be constantly being examined at an oncologist for this tumor - so as not to miss its emergence and start treated at the very beginning.
Unfortunately, because the reason for the development of hemigipephy, there is no specific treatment. Recommend the imposition of an elastic bandage to the affected limb, a decrease in physical activity (especially on the affected side). Dehydrating agents are recommended from drugs, as well as drugs that improve lymph and blood circulation in the affected area. Surgical treatment is possible - removal of pathologically modified tissues and abnormal vessels; During elephants, operations are carried out aimed at improving Lymph outflows («Create» Her drainage in the venous network).
The disease is very rare and therefore problems may arise with diagnostics. Surgeon in the usual clinic diagnosis will assume, but for high-quality diagnosis and treatment, you need to contact specialized medical centers in which «flock» Patients from the whole country and which, therefore, have experience with this pathology.
