Symptoms of infectious hip arthritis

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Infectious hip arthritis (IHA) usually refers to a kind of osteoarthritis caused by cartilage degeneration or bone structural changes due to long-term unbalanced load on the hip joint surface. The main manifestations are pain (radiating to the knee) in the lateral buttock and groin, swelling, joint effusion, cartilage wear, bone spur hyperplasia, joint deformation, limitation of hip internal rotation and extension, inability to walk or even bedridden. Let's talk about the symptoms of infectious hip arthritis

Symptoms of infectious hip arthritis

① Pain. Pain can be intermittent or persistent, aggravated after walking activities, sometimes for rest pain. The pain is mostly acupuncture like, dull pain or pain discomfort, and often radiates to the groin area, the inner thigh, the back of buttock and the inner knee, with numbness in this area.

② Joint stiffness and limited movement. The patients had poor hip flexion and extension, difficulty in squatting, inability to stand for a long time and walking duck step. The early symptoms were obvious limitation of abduction and external rotation.

③ Limp. For progressive shortening claudication, due to hip pain and femoral head collapse, or late hip subluxation. Intermittent claudication often appears in early stage, especially in children.

matters needing attention

More sun, pay attention to prevent cold and humidity, keep warm, so that the hip get a good rest. After pain relief, walk slowly on flat ground every day for 20-30 minutes. Try to reduce the up and down steps, bending, running and other movements to make the joint load, avoid and reduce the wear of articular cartilage.