The appearance of pain in the hip is a reason for an early visit to the doctor. The sooner the cause of the discomfort is established and treatment is prescribed, the more likely it is to completely get rid of the pain.
The largest joint in the body is the hip. It represents the largest and longest daily load. Its main function is to provide a person with movement and maintain his balance. Pain in the hip joint complicates life, brings a lot of inconvenience and trouble.
It is necessary to urgently consult a doctor for help if unpleasant symptoms appear. They can be caused by various diseases. In the first position among the provocateurs of pain are injuries to the limbs.
Less obvious factors causing pain in the hip joint include the development of pathological processes. The main pathological causes of pain are the presence of:
- arthritis;
- arthrosis;
- infectious arthritis;
- inflammatory processes in the tendons;
- coxarthrosis and others.
If treatment is not started in a timely manner, all these diseases lead to complications, degenerative processes in the joint. These changes mainly include:
- damage to the cartilage surface;
- damage to structures located near the joint;
- decrease in the amount of fluid in the joint.
Often there are no obvious causes of pain in the hip joint and the pain does not go away and grows every day. These are signs that an already developed disease is present. To find out which disease has developed, you need to visit a doctor, but if this is not possible, you can first determine the symptoms and, accordingly, the pathology itself and methods of eliminating it.
Joint injury
The most obvious causes of hip joint pain are injuries. The most common fracture is the femoral neck. It is the most common because the neck is the thinnest area of the thigh. If the pain is caused by a fracture, you need to be very careful, as this condition is very dangerous. Older people are more likely to suffer this injury.
Hip pain caused by a fracture should only be treated under medical supervision. In advanced cases, resort to prosthetic or endoprosthetic methods.
Arthritis
This disease mainly affects the elderly. With age, the development of degenerative, dystrophic and inflammatory processes in the joints is often observed. This disease will cause pain in the hip and groin area, pain on the side of the thigh, up to the knee, may appear at night. Leaning on a leg with a sore joint, the patient feels increased pain, and when he gets up from a sitting position, the leg seems to burst.
The disease is common in older people. During this period of life, many people can encounter all the degenerative, dystrophic and inflammatory processes in the joints. One of the first to undergo changes is the hip joint.
The main symptoms of arthritis are:
- limb pain;
- pain in the groin region, radiating to the leg, reaching the knee region;
- increased symptoms when walking;
- shoot when rising from a sitting position.
What to do if the first signs of arthritis appear? With severe pain, high temperature, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs should be taken. With their help, you can remove or eliminate the symptoms of the inflammatory process. Children are prescribed forms of children's medicines.
It is also necessary to give rest to the sore leg, placing it comfortably. It is strictly forbidden to perform developmental exercises. Treatment at the very beginning of the development of the disease is conservative. The operation of prosthesis or endoprosthesis is performed in advanced cases.
Coxarthrosis
Coxarthrosis (arthrosis deformans) is a common pathology. The disease occurs mainly in people over the age of 40. With coxarthrosis, the first symptoms can be seen from the very beginning of its development. Pain sensations appear in both one and both joints, gradually developing. Coxarthrosis is divided into primary (a disease of unknown origin) and secondary, the causes of which are the consequences:
- congenital dislocations of the hip;
- necrosis and tissue destruction of the femoral head;
- improperly formed hip joint;
- Perthes disease;
- wound;
- inflammation.
In primary coxarthrosis, the spine and knee joint can be additionally affected. Changes in the fluid that should lubricate the joint lead to the development of this disease. This causes the cartilage surface to dry out, resulting in roughness and cracking. There is a thinning of the cartilage during friction, the bones experience strong pressure, which causes their deformation in coxarthrosis.
The joint begins to hurt a little, but with the development of pathology, the discomfort begins to manifest itself with increasing intensity. In the second stage of the development of the disease, severe pain appears with:
- every time you get up from a sitting position;
- upper body movements;
- the beginning of the walk;
- in walking itself.
The pain radiates to the groin and knee area. There is constant muscle tone in the affected area. This explains the occurrence of pain at night.
Over time, blood circulation is disturbed, which causes a slowdown in metabolism. This leads to gradual muscle atrophy. Symptoms of coxarthrosis in stages 2 and 3:
- pain in the hip joint, groin, knee;
- limited movement;
- the appearance of lameness;
- the length of the leg with the affected joint decreases;
- atrophy of the thigh muscles.
With coxarthrosis, pain can also appear at night. Treatment must be prescribed by a doctor after a comprehensive examination. The sooner the patient seeks help, the better and quicker the results will be. They also resort to methods of prosthetics and endoprosthetics.
When pain occurs when walking, which is caused by arthrosis, treatment with drugs is possible only in stages 1 and 2 of development. Stage 3 requires surgery. You shouldn't expect a complete cure (except for arthroplasty). But it is possible to relieve discomfort and pain and stop the development of osteoarthritis. Medical treatment is carried out:
- painkillers;
- anti-inflammatory;
- compresses using dimexide;
- Physiotherapy.
But this treatment is not enough, complex therapy is needed. So, the doctor may prescribe massage, diet, gymnastics, taking chondroprotectors.
Trochanteric bursa tendinitis and bursitis
The trochanteric bursa lies above the prominence of the femur. Inflammation of this part of the musculoskeletal system causes pain in the hip joint and buttocks. If you lie down on the side with which the liquid sac is affected, the pain will intensify. The inflammatory process can also develop in the iliac crest or ischial bursae, but this happens much less frequently. The development of the disease can begin after prosthetics and arthroplasty of the joint.
Tendonitis is an inflammatory process in the tendons. The risk of this pathology is in people who experience regular stress. Basically, this pathology appears in athletes.
Inflammation of the tendons causes joint pain during active movement or walking. In a calm state and light loads, there may be no discomfort.
What to do when pain when walking is caused by bursitis or tendonitis should be determined by an orthopedic or traumatologist. To save the patient from these pathologies, the specialist prescribes therapy aimed at relieving inflammation. The affected limb must be fully rested. To eliminate pain, pricks are prescribed. During the procedure, fluid is pumped out of the bag and antibiotics are injected into it.
In advanced situations, surgery is required.
To relieve pain, if chronic pelvic pain syndrome or mild forms of the disease are observed, treatment with alternative methods will help. Store a few Kalanchoe leaves in the refrigerator for a day, then squeeze the juice. You make a compress from it, which needs to be changed 6 times in the first days, then you can apply it only at night.
Chronic pelvic pain syndrome from bursitis is relieved by compresses made with fresh cabbage leaves or burdock. These leaves must be applied inside out to a place previously lubricated with oil or cream. Then you need to wrap the compress with polyethylene, wrap it with a cloth. If such treatment is done daily, the inflammation will subside after 1 to 2 months.
infections
The causes of infectious arthritis are influenza viruses, streptococci, staphylococci and other pathogens. If the pain is caused by an infectious disease, it won't take long to develop other symptoms. Pain and swelling in the area of \u200b\u200bthe diseased joint will not. A fever may develop, and the pain will torment not only when walking, but also with the slightest movement. Even light touches will bring suffering.
Tuberculous arthritis, which most commonly affects the hip joint, causes slightly different symptoms:
- The pain first appears while walking. It is not strong, extending to the knee region or mid-thigh.
- After that, hip movements are limited.
- There is swelling in the affected bone area.
Inheritance
Chronic pelvic pain syndrome is hereditary. This is Perthes disease, which is more common in boys, but is much more severe in girls. The disease affects one side of the hip joint, sometimes pain may appear in the knee.
The cause of the development of the disease is myelodysplasia (underdeveloped lumbar spinal cord). Pathology may not bother you all your life. But serious violations provoke various orthopedic pathologies. Perthes disease can cause such causes:
- inflammation of the joint;
- wound;
- increased stress on the joints.
Symptoms of the disease:
- lameness;
- sharp pain for no reason in the knee joint;
- hip joint pain;
- change in gait;
- Temperature increase;
- blood test shows inflammation.
The treatment should be carried out under the supervision of a doctor and according to his recommendations. Patients with Perthes' disease are prescribed long-term complex therapy.
Tumors
A joint bone tumor will cause pain in the hip joint. Their nature depends on the location and quality of education in the tissues.
The causes of pain in the joint, extending to the leg, may lie in the defeat of the joint itself. This includes malignancies in the muscles or bones. The intensity and area of \u200b\u200bmanifestation of pain are different. This is due to the nature of the tumors (benign or malignant) and their location.
When pain in the joints appears, it is imperative to seek medical help, regardless of the cause that caused this symptom. After all, any joint disease in the initial stage can be treated conservatively, without resorting to surgery. But home treatment of the tumor process is unacceptable.