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Symptoms of disease - pain in the joints in children

Pain in the joints in children of any age may arise due to many different reasons. It may be the result of natural growth and development of the child and may be accompanied by stiffness, reduced mobility. Joint pain may be the result of sprains, strains, fractures, dislocations, or conditions such as Osgood-Schlatter's disease, for which becomes more severe as a result of sports. Slightly damaged (twisted or stretched) of the muscles, tendons and ligaments, mainly, retain elasticity and ability to function, and usually only need to rest to heal. As in more severe damage the fabric can be partially or completely torn, for full recovery may require surgical treatment.

The pain in the joint may also be caused by arthritis (inflammation of the cartilage, tendons and ligaments), inflammation of the muscles (myositis), bacterial infection of the bone (arthritis acute; osteomyelitis), and sometimes tumors (cancer of the bone). With the proper treatment of pain in the joints, caused by a majority of reasons, heal and disappear without complications (dislocations of joints).

The joint - it is a movable part of a limb, where there are two bones. Bones are held in place by ligaments (strong fabric straps) and moving muscles and tendons (the last attach muscle to bone). Pain in any of these parts are considered as the pain in the joint.

Arthritis is an inflammation of one or more joints or entering into their structure, tendons and ligaments (connective tissue). The inflammation indicate the symptoms are swelling of the joint, restricted movement, fever, pain and redness. More than 100 pathological conditions, such as infection and violation of the composition of the blood, contribute to the development of arthritis.

If struck by one joint, talk about monoarthritis, two-three joint - oligoarthritis, more than three - polyarthritis. Pain in the joints in bacterial lesion is not associated with physical exertion: they arise even in a state of physical rest of the human and significantly increase with the move. pain in the joints in children -
Pain in the joints in children of any age may arise due to many different reasons. It may be the result of natural growth and development of the child and may be accompanied by stiffness, reduced mobility. Joint pain may be the result of sprains, strains, fractures, dislocations, or conditions such as Osgood-Schlatter's disease, for which becomes more severe as a result of sports. Slightly damaged (twisted or stretched) of the muscles, tendons and ligaments, mainly, retain elasticity and ability to function, and usually only need to rest to heal. As in more severe damage the fabric can be partially or completely torn, for full recovery may require surgical treatment.

The pain in the joint may also be caused by arthritis (inflammation of the cartilage, tendons and ligaments), inflammation of the muscles (myositis), bacterial infection of the bone (arthritis acute; osteomyelitis), and sometimes tumors (cancer of the bone). With the proper treatment of pain in the joints, caused by a majority of reasons, heal and disappear without complications (dislocations of joints).

The joint - it is a movable part of a limb, where there are two bones. Bones are held in place by ligaments (strong fabric straps) and moving muscles and tendons (the last attach muscle to bone). Pain in any of these parts are considered as the pain in the joint.

Arthritis is an inflammation of one or more joints or entering into their structure, tendons and ligaments (connective tissue). The inflammation indicate the symptoms are swelling of the joint, restricted movement, fever, pain and redness. More than 100 pathological conditions, such as infection and violation of the composition of the blood, contribute to the development of arthritis.

If struck by one joint, talk about monoarthritis, two-three joint - oligoarthritis, more than three - polyarthritis. Pain in the joints in bacterial lesion is not associated with physical exertion: they arise even in a state of physical rest of the human and significantly increase with the move. This causes swelling and redness of the skin around the joint, a feeling of tightness - especially in the morning, there is changing the shape and contours of the joints caused by the inflammation of the joint tissues, violation of bone and cartilage surfaces of joints and accumulation in the cavity of the inflammatory fluid. Arise and General symptoms, such as fatigue, fever, headache, weakness, irritability.

Which diseases there is pain in the joints in children

Causes of pain in the joints in children:

1. Septic joint inflammation (arthritis) : may be called by Streptococcus, Staphylococcus, influenza viruses and other common infection. Usually suffer the large joints. The disease suddenly begins with fever, then there is a swelling of the joint, pain while driving, pain when touched. If affects the knee joint, the child starts to limp.

2. Rheumatism: disease preceded by the acute infection of the upper respiratory tract. The classical form of rheumatism begins with fever and pain in the joints. Affected by the usually large joints of the knee, ankle, elbow, radiocarpal. Pains have the volatile nature, moving from one joint to another. Around the patient hip joint may, redness and swelling, but irreversible changes take place. In the long course of the disease around the joint may appear rheumatic nodules. They have a form of dense, the size of a lentil formations. Usually arises in places exposed to the pressure of: elbow, wrist, forearm, of the tribe. On the skin of the patient rheumatism of the child are a kind of skin: pale-red, curved or ring-shaped spots, narrow strips. The progression of the disease develops the heavy defeat of the heart.

3. Chronic arthritis continue, for at least 6 weeks. The most common form of chronic arthritis in children is juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, but other than him, there are about 50 of the more rare forms, including accompanying the system red lupus (inflammatory disease of the joints, skin and internal organs) and youth ankylosing spondylitis (inflammation of arthritis of the spine).

Although the peak incidence occurs in the age of from 2 to 5 years, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis can occur at any age, with the first months of life and up to 16 years. YURA develops in girls almost in 2,5 times more often, than at boys.

Although any joint, including finger joints of the legs and arms, jaw and Achilles tendon may be amazed at all the same at the beginning of the disease most often affects the knees, ankles and elbows. Depending on what particular form of JURA has evolved in the process can involve other organs, including the eyes, skin and heart. While in the absence of treatment for JURA more and more damage to the organism, the medical care of the patient at a modern level, which includes the complex, a careful medical supervision with the use of drugs, physiotherapy and, sometimes, surgery can provide a relatively normal life of the majority of sick children. Nevertheless, even with the best therapy is not all symptoms can be controlled, and you should always expect the unexpected exacerbation of the disease.

Allocate 3 subgroups of Junior rheumatoid arthritis, which can be identified by the characteristic signs and symptoms. This is a system form (involving in the process the whole organism); polyarthritis form (involving in the process of 5 or more joints) and involving in the process of less than five joints.

- Initially YURA was widely known as a disease still, so named in honor of the physician, for the first time clearly described it in 1896. The term «Disease still» is currently used to denote a system of the form of the JURA, which affects about 20% of all children suffering from arthritis. Systematic form of JURA, which are the most difficult to be diagnosed, often may begin with a fever or rash and increase the size of the liver, spleen and lymph nodes. Despite the presence of pain in the muscles and the heart, until the inflammation of the hip joint may take many months.

- On polyarthritis form accounts for 35% of children suffering from arthritis. In this form often affects the small joints of the hands and feet, as well as on the ankle, knee and hip joints. There is usually symmetric defeat of joints. So, if a joint on the left half of the body amazed at the joint of the right half of the body also impressed.

- Approximately 45% of children suffering from JURA, amazed pautsi arthritis form. The beginning of the disease is often a gradual: knee or ankle first swell, and parents notice it, only when the child starts to limp. The pain in the joint rare, especially in younger children. Can also develop uveitis (persistent inflammation of the middle the vascular shell eyes, iris and surrounding tissue with a network of tiny blood vessels of the middle of the eye), which could threaten the visually impaired in the absence of appropriate treatment. Children with uveitis, as a rule, require regular supervision of an ophthalmologist (eye doctor) to control the order has not evolved whether inflammation of the eyes. This inflammation is often asymptomatic and is not accompanied by redness or other obvious signs.
In many cases, YURA after a few months or years of active course of the disease is observed spontaneous development of a long-term remission (the absence of active manifestations of the disease). In some cases the symptoms again manifest themselves from time to time, and only sometimes the child suffers from a long continuous YURA.

For arthritis typical of a series of pain, immobility, heat, redness, swelling, and, finally, a decrease of functional activity of one or more joints. Limited mobility of the affected joint can be caused by muscle spasms or the accumulation of fluid around this joint. In the case of system options JURA General malaise, including fever, rash, lethargy and loss of appetite, preceded by engaging in joint disease in 6 months. If YURA is progressing out of control, there can come a weakening and destruction of the joint with a strong restriction of the freedom and ease of movement. In the case of such a fracture of the ankle joint and foot the child often develops waddling flatfooted gait. Lameness and trailing gait appear in the case of inflammation and swelling of the knees and thighs. The defeat of joints may be accompanied by a variety of other symptoms. There is often a small and constant temperature or, on the contrary, high, reaching a peak of more of 38.8 degrees With one-two times a day. Pale-red or pink, usually non-itchy, the rash becomes brighter during the fever. Increase of the sizes of the lymph nodes, liver and spleen. Sometimes there is a decrease appetite and weight.

4. Serum sickness is a allergic reaction to the introduction of medicinal serums or drugs (e.g., penicillin, aspirin, etc.). Occurs usually in 6-12 hours after the contact of the child with a provoking factor. Manifests in pain in the joints (arthritis), fever, pains in the muscles, the skin rash (urticaria), itching, swelling of the face and neck.

5. Injuries of joints: as a rule, pain observed in one joint. He has swelling, deformed, becomes red or bluish. Motion in the affected joint is limited, painful. A sharp pain occurs when mechanical stress on the joint. In young children from 1 to 4 years is often a traumatic subluxation of elbow joint, for example in the fall, when their "drags" the hand of an adult person. The annulare bunch of screaming in the place of its attachment to the radiation bones of the forearm and is clamped between the humerus and of x-ray bone. As a result of the child refuses to move his hand and held her still slightly bent at the elbow and expanded in the arm inwards around its axis.
6. Tuberculous arthritis: the most commonly affects the hip joint. Externally, the disease first appears slight lameness and pain when walking, which gives the knee or the middle part of the thigh. With the passage of time the movement of the hips are limited in all directions around the joint noticed swelling. A thigh becomes bent, pressed to his other leg and gently pushed inside. If affects the spine, the child complains of pain in the place of the body, which is innervated by the patient area of the spinal cord. He can hardly lift lying on the floor objects, walking very carefully, on tiptoe, the body keeps bolt upright. Likes to lie on his stomach.
Arthritis of the cervical spine causes screw neck, and the child is forced to keep his head in his hands. If painful process covers the thoracic spine, develops hump.

Which doctor should I contact if there is a pain in the joints in children

• Orthopedist-traumatologist
• Rheumatologist
• TB specialist

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