If your child is limping, a prompt medical evaluation is important.
These concerns may be raised when there are multiple broken bones or evidence of multiple healed broken bones.
Treatment of joint infections may require urgent surgery and intravenous antibiotics.
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Bone or joint infections may be considered when there is rapidly worsening joint pain accompanied by afever.
The symptoms mimic infection and are treated with anti-inflammatory medications.
Benign (noncancerous) and malignant (cancerous) bone tumors can be affect young children.
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Symptoms of bone tumors often begin gradually, with gradually worsening pain and a limp.
Pain at night (awakening the child from sleep) is sometimes characteristic of tumors.
Childhood Hip Disorders
Several childhood hip disorders can lead to limping when walking.
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In very young children,hip dislocationscan lead to gait abnormalities.
All of these hip conditions can lead to the development of a limp in a child.
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