Hip synovitis: when the child complains when walking
Your child plays in the park: walks or runs but pouts because his groin hurts when he does. Besides, lately she limps up, will she have hip synovitis? Is disease It is an inflammation of the hip that is usually the cause when children between three and ten years have a hip pain or have a certain limp.
It is a benign disease that heals itself in Little time: usually does not last more than about ten days. The pediatricians of the Spanish Association of Pediatrics in Primary Care explain that, in general, only affects one hip (rather, the tissue that surrounds the joint), being rare to occur in both at once.
The symptoms
"The child complains, when walking or running, of groin pain, on the front of the thigh and even on the knee. "This is illustrated by pediatricians, who explain, however, that younger children are not able to describe this pain clearly.
Pain "starts from acute formSometimes the child complains a bit in the afternoon and when he gets up he walks limping. "It is important to point out that this is the only thing that usually happens: the child is well and has no fever or other symptoms because what happens inside it is that the increase in the fluid in the hip causes discomfort, and on several occasions it coincides with a previous infection of the throat, stomach or trauma in the area.
Diagnosis of this disease
The pediatricians are clear: if the child limps or complains of pain in the groin of persistent form, it is necessary to go to consultation so that the relevant study. Normally this disease is diagnosed only with the clinical history and after several questions from the pediatrician about how the pain has begun, if there is a fever, if there has been any previous infection.
When the pediatrician explores boy It will move the limb to look for a decrease in the range of motion when the legs are opened or when the hip is rotated. In some cases where the diagnosis is unclear, pediatricians explain that tests such as x-rays, ultrasounds or blood tests can be performed.
Is it possible that my child has recurrent synovitis?
"Repeating synovitis is seen relatively often, without consequences for the joint", commented the pediatricians, who assure that in these situations it is important to rule out other rheumatological diseases or Perthes disease.
The treatment of synovitis
The pediatricians assure that the fundamental thing at the time of treating this disease is the relative rest and the administration of anti-inflammatories like the ibuprofen during 2-7 days, depending on the intensity of the symptoms. In some intense cases it is taken to hospital admission to administer analgesics to the child.
Probably many parents will now think that it is almost impossible for young children to rest constantly for several days. It is true and it does not matter: with trying to walk as little as possible is usually enough.
Damián Montero
