When a celebrity speaks about a personal health challenge, it often sparks awareness, and that’s exactly what happened when Varun Dhawan opened up about his daughter Lara being diagnosed with Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip (DDH).
While the condition may sound unfamiliar to many parents, doctors say it is more common than we think, and early detection can make all the difference.
,“When she was 1.5 years old, she was diagnosed with DHH, which is basically the hip slipping out of the socket.
One leg becomes longer than the other, which makes walking very difficult.
You can’t run properly, you can’t walk.
You’ll get arthritis or a slipped disc early,” Varun said in a recent episode of the Be A Man, Yaar! podcast by Nikhil Taneja.
“There are lots of problems.
There’s good diagnosis for this in the Western world at birth, but that’s not the case in India.
But there are many excellent doctors here who take care of it,” he added.
,,What Is Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip (DDH)? , Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip is a condition where a baby’s hip joint does not develop properly.
In a healthy hip, the ball of the thigh bone fits snugly into the hip socket.
In DDH, this fit may be loose, misaligned, or completely dislocated.
,The condition can range from mild instability to severe dislocation, and it often develops before or shortly after birth.
If not treated early, DDH can lead to long-term mobility issues, pain, or even early arthritis later in....
