Symptom: Hip pain

Introduction: Hip pain

Pain in the hip joint can indicate various hip conditions. True hip joint pain is actually often felt as groin pain, and needs to be distinguished from thigh pain, particularly upper thigh pain, buttock pain, and side pain.

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Causes of Hip pain:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Hip pain. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

• Hip strain
• Hip fracture
• Hip injury
• Hip arthritis (see Joint pain)
• Arthritis
• Osteoarthritis
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Hip bursitis (type of Bursitis) - see bursitis
• Hip tendinitis (type of Tendinitis) - see tendinitis
• Denerative joint disease
• Gout - rarely possible is gout of the hip
• Dislocated hip (see Hip symptoms)
• Congenital hip dislocation
• Infective hip dislocation
• Hip subluxation
• Perthes' disease
• Slipped epiphysis
• Irritable hip
• Curved spine (see Spine symptoms)
• Different length legs
• Referred hip pain
  • Endometriosis - especially if hip pain is cyclic.
  • Menstrual conditions - especially if hip pain is cyclic.
  • Back pain - sometimes causes referred hip pain or groin pain
  • Fractured femur
• See also groin pain for other causes of pain affecting the hip joint
• Inflammatory joint disease
• Joint infection (see Joint symptoms)
• Tuberculous joint infection
• Pyogenic joint infection

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Hip pain: Multiple Symptom Checker

Listed below are some combinations of symptoms associated with Hip pain, as listed in our database. Visit the Multiple Symptoms Checker, to add and remove symptoms and research your condition.

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Multiple Symptom Checker Combinations

• Hip pain and Hip symptoms (60 causes)
• Hip pain and Pain (59 causes)
• Hip pain and Nerve symptoms (58 causes)
• Hip pain and Sensations (58 causes)
• Hip pain and Back pain (43 causes)
• Hip pain and Back symptoms (43 causes)
• Hip pain and Leg symptoms (33 causes)
• Hip pain and Stiffness (31 causes)
• Hip pain and Movement symptoms (30 causes)
• Hip pain and Walking symptoms (29 causes)
• Hip pain and Sexual symptoms (29 causes)
• Hip pain and Paresthesias (26 causes)
• Hip pain and Bladder symptoms (26 causes)
• Hip pain and Urinary problems (26 causes)
• Hip pain and Urinary symptoms (26 causes)
• Hip pain and Bleeding symptoms (24 causes)
• Hip pain and Limb symptoms (22 causes)
• Hip pain and Joint pain (22 causes)
• Hip pain and Joint symptoms (21 causes)
• Hip pain and Swelling symptoms (20 causes)

See full list of 553 Multiple Symptom Checker combinations related to Hip pain

Causes of General Symptom Types

Research the causes of these more general types of symptom:

• Hip symptoms (164 causes)

Causes of Similar Symptoms to Hip pain

Research the causes of these symptoms that are similar to, or related to, the symptom Hip pain:

• Stiff hip (15 causes)
• Leg pain (193 causes)
• Groin pain (27 causes)
• Thigh pain (11 causes)
• Side pain (32 causes)
• Buttock pain (26 causes)

Diagnostic Guides for Hip pain

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Diagnostic tests for Hip pain:

Various tests are used in the diagnosis of Hip pain. Some of these are listed below :

• Physical examination
  • Observe gait when walking - e.g. if walking with a limp, with the leg deviated inwards towards the other leg and the foot slightly turned outwards, the likely diagnosis is osteoarthritis.
  • Note position of leg when the person is laying flat - e.g. if after an injury or fall, the leg is shortened and turned outwards a fractured neck of the femur is the likely diagnosis; if the leg is turned inwards must suspect posterior dislocation of the hip.
  • Feel the front of the hip joint for joint tenderness and the side of the thigh for tenderness which may suggest trochanteric bursitis or gluteus medius tendonitis
  • Test range of movement of the hip joint

See full list of 21 diagnostic tests for Hip pain

Diagnosis Checklist: Questions your doctor may ask (and why!)

During a consultation, your doctor will use various techniques in their assessment of Hip pain. Your doctor may ask several questions when assessing your condition. It is important to remember that your consultation is a two-way process and any extra information you can share with your doctor about your symptoms may help them with their diagnosis. Some of the questions your doctor may ask are listed below:

• How long have you had the hip pain? - to determine if acute or chronic.
• Is it unilateral or bilateral?
• Can you tell me how the pain started?
• Could you describe the pain? - pain associated with the hip joint is usually described as a deep aching pain, aggravated by movements and felt in the groin and front to inner side of the upper thigh, sometimes exclusively around the knee.
• Point to where the pain is exactly? - pain in the hip, buttock, groin and upper thigh tend to be related. True hip pain is usually groin pain or is referred to the inner aspect of the knee.

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Diagnosis Checklist: Associated symptoms your doctor may ask about (and why!)

Sometimes, other symptoms may be present and may help your doctor analyse your condition. The symptoms your doctor may ask about (in association with Hip pain) may include:

• Hip stiffness, especially first thing in the morning and how long does the stiffness last? - Morning stiffness classically occurs in Rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory arthropathies (such as ankylosing spondylitis, Reiter's syndrome, psoriatic arthritis); Polymyalgia rheumatica.
• Back pain? - Pain originating from disorders of the lumbosacral spine may radiate to the hip joint.
• Knee pain - Pain originating from disorders of the knee may radiate to the hip joint and pain from the hip joint may be referred to the thigh and knee.
• Abdominal pain? - disorders of the abdomen may cause hip and groin pain.
• Limp? - consider any disorder of the hip joint.

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Stories from Users for Hip pain

Real-life user stories relating to Hip pain:

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• pain next to left hip developed after exercise
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Causes of Hip pain listed in Disease Database:

Other medical conditions listed in the Disease Database as possible causes of Hip pain as a symptom include:

• Aseptic necrosis of bone
• Fracture, neck of femur
• Hip dysplasia, congenital
• Juvenile osteochondrosis of head of femur
• Multiple epiphyseal dysplasia
• Osteochondritis dissecans
• Slipped upper femoral epiphysis

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Medications or substances causing Hip pain:

The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins are some of the possible causes of Hip pain as a symptom. Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using, including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.

• Carvedilol
• Coreg

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Organs affected by Hip pain:

The list of organs typically affected by Hip pain may include, but is not limited to:

• Hip

Detailed list of causes of Hip pain

The list below shows some of the causes of Hip pain mentioned in various sources:

• Adult hypophosphatasia - hip pain
• Angel shaped phalangoepiphyseal dysplasia - hip pain
• Ankylosing Spondylitis - hip arthritis
• Arthritis
• Aseptic necrosis

See full list of 104 causes of Hip pain

How Common are these Causes of Hip pain?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Hip pain. Of the 104 causes of Hip pain that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

• 3 causes are "very common" diseases
• 6 causes are "common" diseases
• 6 causes are "uncommon" diseases
• 0 causes are "rare" diseases
• 3 causes are "very rare" diseases
• 92 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 104 causes of Hip pain

Conditions listing symptoms: Hip pain:

The following list of conditions have 'Hip pain' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

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Causes of Hip pain Based on Risk Factors

This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Hip pain based on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient: