Causes of synovitis in children

Update Date: 2021-04-12 Source: Network

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A few days ago, my son was hopping on the sofa. Originally, this was very normal, but after he fell, he always felt leg pain. Later, he took him to the hospital for examination, and found that the child suffered from synovitis. Usually he often fell down, but there was no problem. This time, he suffered from synovitis. Many people have such questions, what is the reason for the child suffering from synovitis. Now I'll give you an answer!

Causes of synovitis in children

First of all, there are many causes of synovitis. Synovitis is mainly caused by knee sprain and a variety of intra-articular injuries, such as meniscus injury, synovial injury, cruciate ligament or collateral ligament injury, intra-articular effusion or sometimes hematocele, which is manifested as acute traumatic synovitis of the knee. Intraarticular injuries and dislocations can sometimes be caused by simple synovial injury of the knee, such as mild trauma or long-term chronic knee strain.

Secondly, if the joint is in wind cold for a long time, wind, cold, dampness invasion, can make the knee joint swelling and dysfunction, then the formation of chronic knee synovitis.

Finally, the cause of synovitis may also be due to infection, among which the common one is synovial tuberculosis. Generally speaking, synovial blood vessels are rich, blood circulation is good, and resistance to bacteria is strong. However, in the case of tuberculosis infection, the disease progress is slow, and the symptoms are good and bad, which is one of the chronic synovitis of knee joint.

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When children suffer from synovitis, it is usually caused by improper exercise or overwork. After having symptoms of synovitis, if the condition is serious, they can lie on their back and rest. Skin traction of affected limb can reduce the pressure of hip joint. Physical therapy, medication and precautions are the same as before. It is suggested that hip radiography should be performed to exclude femoral head disease in children.