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Thursday, October, 29, 2009

What Does Hip Pain Mean?

Health Encyclopedia: Toxic Synovitis

Definition

Toxic synovitis is a condition affecting children that causes hip pain and limping.


Alternative Names

Synovitis - toxic; Transient synovitis


Causes, incidence, and risk factors

Toxic synovitis is a frequent cause of limping with hip pain in children. It occurs in children prior to the onset of puberty and is a transient arthritis of the hip that usually resolves on its own. Its cause in not known but boys are affected more frequently than g...

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Expert & Community Posts

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Getting Uncomfortable!
By Kelsey Bonilla , Health Expert

...My most pressing complaint is moderate to strong hip pain on my left side. From my online... Read more »

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Just Diagnosed With Arthritis: The First Doctor’s Visit for Hip or Knee Pain
By Matthew Thompson , Health Expert

If you have had hip pain or knee pain for a long period of time, you probably have tried a few... Read more »

Health Guide

Toxic synovitis
...may be prescribed to reduce pain. Support Groups Expectations (prognosis) The hip pain goes away within 7 - 10 days. Complications Toxic synovitis goes away on its... Read more »
Toxic synovitis
... Synovitis - toxic; Transient synovitis Symptoms Symptoms may include: Hip pain (on one side only) Limp Thigh pain, in front and toward the middle Knee pain... Read more »
Slipped capital femoral epiphysis
...Femoral epiphysis - slipped; Slip; SCFE Symptoms Knee pain Hip pain Outward-turning leg Restricted hip movements Hip stiffness ... Read more »
Hip pain
Hip pain involves any pain in or around the hip joint. Alternative Names Pain - hip Considerations Hip-related pain is not always felt directly... Read more »
Tendinitis
...tendinitis Symptoms Pain and tenderness along a tendon, usually in proximity to a joint (hip pain, knee pain, shoulder pain, elbow pain, wrist pain, or pain in other joints) ... Read more »

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Hip Fracture Image

Hip fractures occur as a result of major or minor trauma. In elderly patients with bones weakened by osteoporosis, relatively little trauma, even walking, may result in a hip fracture.... Read more »

Medications

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...pain/redness/swelling of the arms or legs bone/pelvis/hip pain signs of infection (e.g.,... Read more »

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