There was a 3-year-old child, who suddenly walked a little lame after taking a nap, and kept saying that his legs hurt, and took it to the hospital for a test that turned out to be a child with temporary hip synovitis.
The child's mother is very incomprehensible, she has always felt that synovitis is a disease that the elderly will get, such a small child, before going to bed is fine, there is no fall, how can you get synovitis?
In fact, children's temporary synovitis, also known as hip temporary synovitis, is a self-limiting disease, that is, it may be better after not treating, but the duration will be relatively long.
Hip synovitis is a common hip disease in childhood, mostly in children aged 3-8 years, and according to data surveys, the risk of disease in boys is twice as high as that in girls.
The disease was discovered more than 100 years ago, but until now, people have not figured out what the real cause of the disease is.
However, some medical opinions suggest that temporary synovitis in children may be related to viral or bacterial infections, or trauma, or immature hip joint development in children, or excessive exercise. These factors lead to hip synovial edema in children, a fluid effusion, and the pressure of the effusion leads to a decrease in blood flow to the hip joint, resulting in symptoms such as pain and limited hip function.
Typical symptoms of temporary synovitis of the hip joint in children are: acute onset, sudden hip attack, different degrees of knee pain, hip movement with postural deformities, painful or painless limp, and a few low-grade fever.
It should also be noted that some children will have a history of viral infections such as upper respiratory inflammation and otitis media about two weeks before the onset of the disease.
If your child has the disease, first avoid weight bearing and bed rest. Restricting walking and not letting the joints bear weight is conducive to the elimination of joint edema and the disappearance of symptoms as soon as possible.
Secondly, it can be combined with local massage or hot compresses, and if the symptoms are severe, they can be treated by traction.
There are no other special treatments and generally do not require medication.
Moreover, the pain can be significantly relieved in 2-3 days, and the lameness can generally be fully recovered within 1-4 weeks.
In most cases, the disease has no sequelae, and even recurrent children with temporary synovitis are benign lesions.
However, for children with recurrent or a course of more than 1 month, special attention is needed, and timely medical treatment should be made to rule out whether it is LCPD, that is, common hypochondriasis, which occurs in male children aged 5-10 years.
Temporary synovitis of the hip joint is the most common hip disease in children, with the possibility of recurrence, parents do not need to be anxious, just avoid children's weight bearing and other issues, observe at any time, pay attention to its recovery, once the symptoms worsen or other symptoms appear, timely medical treatment to rule out other diseases.