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Latest post on 06 February 2011 - 15:02

My little girl saw Dr Marc Sinclair at Medcare - he is lovely. She had an injury that puzzled everyone and one of the things he thought it might be and tested for was Perthes - he explained it to me - I have never heard of it before - it wasn't that and she was treated well and recovered well but hers was not a big problem - I think if I was in the same shoes as these friends I would absolutely take this development as the time to leave Dubai and go to the US. You say the husband is American so surely he knows that the best chance for his little one is to get her treatment in one of the many specialist units in the US. those of us with kids would surely do the same..... Edited to add that she did not have to have an mri - just an xray and she had an ultra sound too to help diagnose why she was limping so badly. edited by Clairehdp on 06/02/2011 My DS aged 7 was diagnosed with Perthes disease last summer. We have been to see numerous doctors and found Dr. Sinclair by far the best. He is really good and knows what he's talking about. My DS so far has check ups every three months, where he will have an x-ray to check on the progress. Last time he was told we had to get a full leg lenght brace that he now wears at night. He did also have one MRI scan, but as Dr. Sinclair said, there really is no need for the MRI's as they are not as clear as the xrays. This disease is something that I do know a fair bit about before my DS got it, as my little brother had it when he grew up. So I've seen how it progresses during the years. The main thing about it, is that the affected child still needs to be moving the leg/hip but without high impact. The best thing is swimming and bike riding. OP, let me know if your friend needs anyone to talk to and I'll pass on my email. Math78, my friend asked me to post this to you; Math sorry to hear of your DS diagnosis but leg braces went out with the ark and i would urge you strongly to get your son seen in the UK (if a brit or have insurance). Every 3 months x rays are the norm which is what i passed on to the OP, not MRI's. Whilst the disease is in an active stage reduced activity (but still activity, swimming is great) and painkillers are the norm, dependant on the damage to the femoral head , surgery may or may not be required, please do not get this done here. It is highly specialised surgery and however much someone here may tell you they can do it it's not worth the risk and they can't. Children travel all over the world to the NOC and i have spent the last 10 years in and out of there, no way would i see anyone here. Please wearing leg braces is WRONG for so many cases please get a second opinion abroad. Just do a google and you will see what i am saying is correct, if you understand how the disease works you will know that wearing a leg brace is only used for very specific cases and very rarely now. edited by tally-ho on 06/02/2011 Thanks for the input, always good to hear others opinions. All our medical check ups here gets sent straight to London (for various reasons). Our specialist then tells us his opinion. So far he has agreed with everything Dr. Sinclair has done. Believe, when the diagnosis was made, my first reaction was to go home to the UK. But as we are fortunate to (thanks to modern day technology!) have second opinions from the UK, I can honestly say we are very happy with Dr. Sinclair. With regards to leg braces, my DS only wears them at night. I know that they are not used that often anymore. But in our case, the doc felt is was the way to go. Again, this has been approved by the specialist in London who in fact helped sort the brace out. Again though, always good to hear different opinions, especially since there isn't any findings yet of who and why some children get Perthes.

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Latest post on 14 January 2011 - 10:23

Hi, Al Yasmina don't charge an application fee. They will only ask for the 2000dhs Registration Fee once they offer you a space. You will then have 10 days to accept/pay. Last I heard (a year ago mind) Raha asked for a 500dhs application fee, not sure if that's the case this year.

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