The appearance of pain in the hip is a reason for an early visit to the doctor. The sooner the cause of discomfort is established and treatment is prescribed, the more likely it is to completely get rid of the pain.
The largest of the joints in the body is the hip. It accounts for 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 discomfort and problems.
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 limb injuries.
Less obvious factors that cause pain in the hip joint include the development of pathological processes. The main pathological causes of pain are the presence of:
- arthritis;
- osteoarthritis;
- 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 know what 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 getting rid of it.
Joint injury
The most obvious causes of pain in the hip joints are injury. 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, then you need to be very careful, because this condition is very dangerous. Older people are more likely to get this injury.
Hip pain caused by a fracture should only be treated under medical supervision. In advanced cases, resort to methods of prosthetics or endoprosthetics.
Arthritis
This disease mostly 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 an increase in pain, and when he gets up from a sitting position, the leg seems to shoot through.
Pathology is common in people in old age. During this period of life, many people can meet all the degenerative, dystrophic and inflammatory processes of the joints. One of the first to undergo changes is the hip joint.
The main symptoms of arthritis are:
- soreness of the limb;
- pain in the inguinal region, radiating to the leg, reaching to the knee region;
- increased symptoms when walking;
- shooting when rising from a sitting position.
What to do if the first signs of arthritis appear? With severe pain, elevated temperature, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs should be taken. With their help, you can remove or eliminate the symptoms of the inflammatory process. Children are prescribed children's forms of medicines.
It is also necessary to give the sore leg rest, placing it comfortably. It is strictly forbidden to do any developing exercises. Treatment at the beginning of the development of the disease is conservative. The operation of prosthetics or endoprosthetics is performed in advanced cases.
Coxarthrosis
Coxarthrosis (deforming arthrosis) is a common pathology. The disease occurs mainly in people over 40 years of age. With coxarthrosis, the first symptoms can be seen from the beginning of its development. Pain sensations appear both in one and in both joints, developing gradually. 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 destruction of tissues of the femoral head;
- improperly formed hip joint;
- Perthes disease;
- injury;
- inflammation.
In primary coxarthrosis, the spine and knee joint may be additionally affected. Changes in the fluid that should lubricate the joint lead to the development of this disease. This causes the surface of the cartilage to dry out, resulting in roughness and cracking. There is a thinning of the cartilage during friction, the bones come under great pressure, which provokes their deformation in coxarthrosis.
The joint begins to hurt slightly, but with the development of pathology, 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;
- movements of the upper body;
- the beginning of the walk;
- in walking itself.
The pain radiates to the groin and knee area. There is a constant muscle tone in the affected area. This explains the appearance 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 at stages 2 and 3:
- pain in the hip joint, groin area, knee;
- constrained movements;
- the appearance of limping;
- the length of the leg with the affected joint decreases;
- thigh muscles atrophy.
With coxarthrosis, pain can appear even at night. Treatment should be prescribed by a doctor after a complete examination. The sooner the patient seeks help, the better and faster the results will be achieved. They also resort to methods of prosthetics and endoprosthetics.
When pain occurs when walking, caused by arthrosis, then treatment with medicines is possible only at stages 1 and 2 of development. Stage 3 requires surgery. You should not wait for a complete cure (with the exception of arthroplasty). But it is possible to relieve discomfort and pain and stop the development of arthrosis. 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 can prescribe massage, diet, gymnastics, taking chondroprotectors.
Tendinitis and bursitis of the trochanteric bursa
The trochanteric bursa is located above the prominence of the femur. Inflammation of this part of the musculoskeletal system provokes pain in the hip joint and buttocks. If you lie on the side with which the liquid bag is affected, the pain will intensify. The inflammatory process can also develop in the iliac-comb or ischial bags, but this happens much less frequently. The development of the disease can begin after prosthetics and arthroplasty of the joint.
Tendinitis is an inflammatory process in the tendons. The risk of this pathology is in people who undergo regular stress. Basically, this pathology appears in athletes.
Inflammation of the tendons causes joint pain during active movements 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 orthopedist or traumatologist. To save the patient from these pathologies, the specialist prescribes therapy aimed at relieving inflammation. The affected limb must be given complete rest. To eliminate pain, punctures are prescribed. During the procedure, liquid is pumped out of the bag and antibiotics are injected into it.
In advanced situations, surgical intervention is necessary.
To relieve pain, if chronic pelvic pain syndrome or mild forms of the disease are observed, treatment with alternative methods will help. Keep a few leaves of Kalanchoe in the refrigerator for a day, then squeeze the juice out of them. Make a compress out of it, which needs to be changed 6 times in the first few days, then you can apply it only at night.
Chronic pelvic pain syndrome from bursitis is relieved by compresses that are made from fresh cabbage leaf or burdock. These leaves must be applied with the inside to a place previously lubricated with oil or cream. Then it is necessary to wrap the compress with polyethylene, wrap it with a cloth. If such treatment is carried out daily, then 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, then the development of other symptoms will not take long. Soreness and swelling in the area of \u200b\u200bthe diseased joint will not do. A fever may develop, and the pain will torment not only when walking, but also at 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, extends to the knee region or the middle of the thigh.
- After, hip movements are limited.
- There is swelling in the area of the affected bone.
Heredity
Chronic pelvic pain syndrome is inherited. This is Perthes disease, which is more common in boys, but in girls it is much more severe. The disease affects one side of the hip joint, sometimes pain can 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 severe violations provoke various orthopedic pathologies. Perthes disease can cause such causes:
- inflammation of the joint;
- injury;
- increased stress on the joints.
Symptoms of the disease:
- lameness;
- sharp pain for no reason in the knee joint;
- pain in the hip joint;
- change in gait;
- temperature rise;
- blood test shows inflammation.
Treatment must 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 neoplasms in the muscles or bones. The intensity and area of manifestation of pain is 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 articular disease at the initial stage can be cured in a conservative way, without resorting to surgery. But home treatment of the tumor process is unacceptable.