instruction: hi doctor I am 16 years old I just recently discovered that I have scoliosis I do not know much about it but I will tell you what I know my scoliosis currently has only a degree curve and I am pretty confident it is a shaped curve although I am not sure what do you think are the chances that my scoliosis will develop into adulthood do you think it will stop progressing once I am fully grown
output: hello before going into the progress of scoliosis I would like to make you some clarity about the facts on it the cobb angle is a measure of the curvature of the spine in degrees this helps to determine what type of treatment is necessary a cobb angle of 10 degrees is regarded as a minimum angulation to define scoliosis a scoliosis curve of 10 to 15 degrees normally does not require any treatment except for regular check ups if the scoliosis curve is 20 to 40 degrees the orthopedic doctor will prescribe a back brace help to keep the spine from developing more of a curve more than 45 degrees need correction surgery keeping many pedicle screw and osteotomy to correct the curve I hope you go for ray done of your spine and it will be easy to measure properly about the curvature