Hip fever in children: symptoms and treatment
Children between the ages of three and ten mainly suffer from hip colds. Inflammation of the hip joint makes it difficult for those affected to walk. Learn more about hip cold symptoms and treatment here.
What is hip cold?
Hip cold, also called coxitis fugax, is a sudden inflammation of the hip joint. The non-contagious disease is particularly common in children between the ages of three and ten years. But adults can also get hip colds – but this is extremely rare.
Hip Cold Symptoms?
The typical symptom is hip pain. They start in the groin and can radiate from there to the thigh area or down to the knee. Because of the painful inflammation of the hip joint capsule, children usually refuse to walk or they limp.
If your child has a fever in addition to the hip joint pain, this could indicate bacterial joint inflammation. This should be treated by a doctor to prevent damage to the joint at an early stage. But even if your child falls ill with it several times, you should consult a doctor to clarify whether it does not have a more serious illness.
Cause of Hip Fever
With a hip cold, the pain is caused by inflammation in the joint. This leads to uncomfortable tension in the joint capsule and thus to discomfort when running. Although the exact cause has not yet been clearly clarified, many young patients suffer from one of the following diseases about two weeks before the hip cold occurs:
- flu
- otitis media
- disease of the upper respiratory tract
- tonsillitis
- gastrointestinal infection
How is hip cold diagnosed?
Hip colds are not dangerous, but you should take your child’s symptoms seriously. A visit to the doctor is essential – only he can rule out other joint diseases in good time with an ultrasound examination.
Treatment of hip rhinitis
If your child is ill, it must always relieve the affected hip joint – rest is the best medicine! It should keep you in bed for a few days and relieve the joint as much as possible when running. If the pain is severe, the doctor may also prescribe pain-relieving or anti-inflammatory medication. However, the pain usually goes away on its own within a few days to about two weeks.