Child Limping With Leg Pain

In order for pain to be classified as growing pain it needs to meet three criteria.

Child limping with leg pain. Transient synovitis acute myositis and minor trauma are common causes of limp in children but serious pathology should be excluded. Minor trauma is the most common etiology for a limp with the median age being 4 years boys outnumbering girls 21. This chart outlines the most common causes of limping along with general symptoms.

Usually in the lower portion of the legs in the front. If this is not happening leg pain exists. The doctors diagnosed it as transient synovitis.

X-ray hip AP. Pain causing limp can be referred. Other serious conditions can also cause limping.

A limp is defined as an asymmetric gait and is a deviation from a normal age-appropriate gait pattern. Limping is never normal. Its an inflammation of the fluid in the hip joint.

My 2 year old son had something very similar happen. An antalgic gait is often the first sign of an injury or disease process in a limping child. A common reason for pain and limping in early childhood is a condition called transient synovitis also known as toxic synovitis which is temporary according to Dr.

Since children are growing the bones and muscles they use for walking are still developing. The condition is temporary and remedied with ibuprofen and Tylenol. And by definition it does not cause a limp.