Apart from any obvious reason (shock, etc.) Sudden lameness of the child shall be treated as an emergency. It should if possible take the temperature and consult your doctor very quickly. Indeed, if the irritable hip is quite Benin, lameness can be a symptom of other pathology. Only your doctor can better diagnose and rule out other causes of lameness, much rarer but more disturbing. When the diagnosis is unclear, the doctor will prescribe an ultrasound to confirm the irritable hip. Most often, it will also require a radiograph, six weeks after recovery.
What if your child begins to limp?
Wednesday, June 8, 2011