Many children are exposed to problems and pain in the spine due to carrying a lot of heavy bags on the back, which are often things that the mother does not pay attention to and can cause serious complications for the child, and according to the medical website “health line”, the child’s bones are exposed to many pathological symptoms With the beginning of the semester, because of the school bag, whose weight rises to a large number of kilograms, it affects the spine, feet, and shoulders.
The report, published on the website, added that the "school bag" should not weigh more than 2 kilograms only, especially for children in the primary and preparatory stages whose bones are still in the stage of growth, and cause stress and fatigue for the child and the inability to continue their lives after the end of the school day. .
The report indicated that the most prominent symptoms that affect the child due to heavy bags weighing 6 and 7 kilograms are:
1- Curvature of the spine.
2- Injury to the lumbar and cervical vertebrae in the child and causing direct pain to his feet.
3- Inflammation of the tendons and rupture of the shoulder muscles, especially when carrying the bag on one shoulder.
4- Numbness in the child's extremities, such as hands and fingers.
He pointed out that the most prominent treatments in this case are to remove the cause by reducing the weight of the school bag on the child so that it does not weigh more than 2 kilograms only, and giving the child anti-inflammatory in specific doses appropriate for his age, and committing to rest for a temporary period at home, in addition to giving the child light painkillers in doses Very few cases of children who develop severe pain.
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