? About Sacral Dimple

[Schmoo1022]

hello,

I am not looking for medical advice or anything, just a little insight. I noticed my newborn son has a sacral dimple, not an extremely deep one, but still concerning. The first ped that I showed, felt there was no need to do anything about it. His regular Ped ordered an U/S for next week. I am freaking out. My question is how often does the dimple mean something deeper is going on?? I have seen different info on the web about this, from not significant if it's not really deep, to it could be quite serious..

I am so freaking out over this, even though my Ped seemed to be ordering the U/S to put my mind at ease...I hope anyway.

Thanks!

[Schmoo1022]

Hello,

I wanted to thank everyone for taking the time to reply. I wanted to let you know that my son had his U/S on the 26th and everything looks fine so far. I feel so much better.

Again, thanks to everyone that took the time to read my post!

[JeanettePNP, MSN, RN, NP]

Thanks for the update! Glad to hear that things look good.

[Residentmaid, MSN]

My 14 year old son just got diagnoses with spina bifida occulta, by a chiro... He was in football, first year, and was having pain with running. He did pull out,and I will have his physical in a few weeks. How frequent is the tethering with this condition?? I don't remember any dimpling with him as a baby, but he did have alot of hair, in general, not just at the sacrum.

Thanks in advance for any input

Sharon

[R1992M]

hello,

i'm 15

at the age of 6 or seven i was diagnosed with spina bifida occulta

i have only recently discoverd this dimple just at the top of my bottom

which i think should probably have been noticed years ago

does anyone know why even though the secialist said it shouldnt cause me any discompfort

why i get severe pain in my spine quite alot of the time?

[sbyramRN]

My daughter is 13 and was diagnosed with spina bifida occulta by chance about 4 years ago. She was at tumbling and had a nasty fall, and was told to go get a full body x ray. That is when I was told about the spina bifida occulta. She is a level 5 competitive cheerleader and runs track at school. She occassionally complains of back pain, but nothing an NSAID doesn't take care of. I haven't even told her of her dx's. I was told if she started complaining of severe back pain to follow up with a neurologist.

[Eskimo]

Im 19 years old and I have a dimple. I was born with it and so was my mother. I grew up fine and with no concers and now my daughter has it and she is fine. To be honest i thought i was the only one that had it growing up. so i never talked about it or searched it but apparently it is something that is common.