Unbalanced forces on both sides of the spine can cause back pain and muscle weakness, and can also produce bone spurs on the concave side, compressing the spinal cord or nerves, causing paraplegia or spinal stenosis. If the spinal joints receive unequal forces for a long time, the rate of joint degeneration will increase. People with scoliosis tend to be shorter than normal due to the abnormal curvature of the spine. Orthopedic expert Shen Tong once said that clinically, children with scoliosis are generally shorter than their normal peers. If the degree is too severe, it may compress certain internal organs. Like lumbar scoliosis, it may also cause high and low shoulders, different distances between the arms on both sides of the trunk, different heights of hands hanging down, pelvic tilt, long and short legs, etc.

Spinal deformity often causes low back pain. Severe scoliosis affects the function of the heart, lungs and other organs, and even compresses the spinal cord, leading to paraplegia and life-threatening. This creates a hypoxic state, especially when the human body undergoes strenuous activities. During exercise, such as running, laboring, etc., shortness of breath, chest tightness, dizziness, palpitation, nausea and vomiting may occur. In severe cases, there may be dangers such as fainting and sudden death. ?Danger to cardiopulmonary function: reduced pulmonary adaptability and increased respiratory and circulatory resistance, further causing lung-blood gas exchange dysfunction, and even serious consequences such as pulmonary hypertension. As a result, many children lose the best chance of surgery. In addition, infants and young children have a great risk of illness that adults do not have, that is, severe scoliosis and vertebral body deformity are likely to compress breathing, affect the normal operation of the heart, and cause death.

Generally, idiopathic scoliosis is less likely to cause paralysis. Paralysis may only occur when the Cobb’s angle exceeds 100°. Therefore, parents should ask more questions when seeking medical treatment. Severe scoliosis will mainly affect the cardiopulmonary function and digestive tract, and the patient may eventually die due to lung failure. If scoliosis is not treated early and returned to normal conditions, it will definitely affect the patient's quality of life.