Early symptoms of hip tuberculosis in children?

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Hip tuberculosis accounted for about 7.20% of the total tuberculosis of bone and joint, second only to spinal tuberculosis. More common in children and young adults, male than female. 7% - 10% of the cases had sacroiliac joint tuberculosis or lower lumbar cone tuberculosis. Early symptoms of hip tuberculosis in children? Let's talk about it

Early symptoms of hip tuberculosis in children?

The age characteristics of hip joint tuberculosis will be more obvious than other joint tuberculosis (such as knee joint tuberculosis). The disease is more common in children and adolescents, 60% of patients under the age of 10. Adult patients, also mostly in childhood, to later due to the decline of the body's immunity or the emergence of other adverse factors.

Patients often have anorexia, emaciation, general weakness, bad temper, low fever, night sweats and other diseases. Children often have a certain state of excitement, easy to cry, poor sleep, and even become less active behavior, easy to fatigue.

Generally, the onset is gradual, the earliest hip pain is mild, the activity is aggravated, and it is relieved after rest, often accompanied by the weakness or heaviness of the affected lower limb. Occasionally a small number of patients with sudden onset, hip pain is more severe. Children's ability to locate pain is poor, and they often report pain in the knee joint, less in the hip joint. Sometimes I cry at night and even dare not sleep on my back.

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Mild claudication often occurs at the same time with pain, or it is found by careful observation of parents. In the early stage, the sick children often trip over their feet. Fatigue is followed by claudication, especially in the evening. It can disappear after a short rest or after getting up the next morning. At this time, it is often mistaken for "sprain" and does not attract much attention. In adults, most of the earliest symptoms are lower limb soreness and weakness.