Limping

Limping: Introduction

Limping: Walking with a limp or other gait problem. See free access online books about Limping below. See detailed information below for a list of 63 causes of Limping, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Causes of Limping:

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

• Leg injury
• Foot injury
• Ankle injury
• Hip injury
• Leg condition
• Leg pain
• Leg infection
• Knee condition
• Knee pain
• Foot condition
• Foot infection (see Foot symptoms)
• Hip condition
• Ankle condition
• Different length legs
• Obesity
• Fallen arches
• Turned-in knees
• Pronation
• Poor posture (see Posture symptoms)
• Poorly fitting shoes
• Bone injury
• Bone tumor
• Sciatica
• Habitual limping
• Neurological disorder
• Nerve disorder
• Neuromuscular disorder
• Multiple sclerosis
• Brain tumor
• Spinal lesion
• more causes...»

See full list of 63 causes of Limping

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Limping: Symptom Checker

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

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• Limping: Symptom Checker

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• Limping and Walking symptoms (34 causes)
• Limping and Nerve symptoms (27 causes)
• Limping and Pain (27 causes)
• Limping and Sensations (27 causes)
• Limping and Leg symptoms (18 causes)
• Limping and Swelling symptoms (17 causes)
• Limping and Hip pain (16 causes)
• Limping and Stiffness (15 causes)
• Limping and Hip symptoms (14 causes)
• Limping and Limb symptoms (12 causes)
• Limping and Movement symptoms (11 causes)
• Limping and Difficulty walking (9 causes)
• Limping and Muscle symptoms (8 causes)
• Limping and Weakness (8 causes)
• Limping and Foot pain (8 causes)
• Limping and Back pain (8 causes)
• Limping and Knee pain (8 causes)
• Limping and Arthritis-like symptoms (7 causes)
• Limping and Digestive symptoms (7 causes)
• Limping and Foot symptoms (7 causes)
• more...»

See full list of 1261 Symptom Checker combinations related to Limping

Causes of General Symptom Types

Research the causes of these more general types of symptom:

• Walking symptoms (468 causes)
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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Limping

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

• Gait problems
• Walking difficulty (468 causes)
• Walking symptoms (468 causes)
• Leg injury
• Foot injury
• Ankle injury
• Hip injury
• Leg condition
• Leg pain (202 causes)
• Leg infection
• Knee condition
• Knee pain (118 causes)
• Foot condition
• more symptoms...»

Diagnostic Guides for Limping

Medical Books Excerpts Read excertps from published book sections related to Limping from the following published medical books for more detailed information about Limping. Free access (no registration): read all online diagnostic book sections about Limping

Copyright notice for book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Diagnostic tests for Limping:

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

• Inspect gait
  • Ask person to walk normally for a few metres and then turn around and walk back. Observe nature of gait disturbance or limp - e.g. stroke will cause foot to be dropped down and the leg to be swung out in a sideways arc; if walking with the leg deviated inwards towards the other leg and the foot slightly turned outwards, the likely diagnosis is osteoarthritis.
  • Ask person to walk heel-to-toe (to exclude midline pathology of the cerebellum)
  • Ask person to walk on toes (to detect a lesion of first sacral nerve)
• more tests...»

See full list of 28 diagnostic tests for Limping

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

During a consultation, your doctor will use various techniques in their assessment of Limping. 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 been limping? - to determine if acute or chronic.
• History of trauma? - If there is a history of trauma, this would suggest a fracture, sprain, torn ligament or tendon.
• Age of the person with the limp? - e.g. from age 4 to age 8 need to consider Perthes' disorder or transient synovitis of the hip. From age 10 to age 15 need to consider Slipped upper femoral epiphysis (SUFE). After the age of 40 need to consider a variety of diagnoses including sciatica, osteoarthritis and fractures.
• Exercise history? - may help determine risk of overuse injuries such as stress fractures, shin splints.
• more questions...»

See Diagnosis Checklist for Limping (16 listings)

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 Limping) may include:

• Pain, and if so where? - e.g. thigh, calf, shin, hip, knee, foot or ankle. If deep and very localized and not generalized must consider joint pathology, bone tumor, fracture or rarely infection; if superficial must consider muscular pain.
• Fever? - may suggest osteomyelitis, cellulitis, spinal cord infection.
• Symptoms of sciatica (spinal canal stenosis)? - e.g. may be a long history of back pain, back pain radiating down into the buttocks and legs, weakness, burning, numbness in legs, may be associated with bowel and bladder symptoms if severe.
• 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).
• 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.
• more symptoms...»

See Diagnosis Checklist for Limping (16 listings)

Stories from Users for Limping

Real-life user stories relating to Limping:

• If it walks like a duck and sounds like a duck...?
• can't walk..need diagnosis
• extensive physio to walk
• can't hardly walk
• Limping
• help!!! i can baarely walk
• HIT by car now have limp
• Can't walk for more than 45mins
• I could really use some opinions! I can't even walk down a hill! PLEASE!!!
• Please help- blank stare, walking around
• Dizziness while walking
• walking
• hit by car now have limp
• HELP hit by car now i have limp
• Imbalance in walking
• hit by car now have limp
• Just started walking ... help?
• My Dad can't walk
• afraid to walk during winter
• 3yrs old son - Unstable walking (URGENT) DOC CANT DIAGNOSE ANYTHING!!

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Causes of Limping listed in Disease Database:

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

• Claudication of limb
• Fracture, neck of femur
• Hip dysplasia, congenital
• Juvenile osteochondrosis of head of femur
• Osteochondritis dissecans
• Slipped upper femoral epiphysis
• more causes...»

See full list of 63 causes of Limping
- (Source - Diseases Database)

Definitions of Limping:

Limping or lameness.
- (Source - Diseases Database)

Disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet
- (Source - WordNet 2.1)

Organs affected by Limping:

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

• Hip
• Legs

Detailed list of causes of Limping

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

• Acromegaly - tight shoes
• Adamantinoma - limping
• Ankle condition
• Ankle injury
• Avascular necrosis of femoral head, familial form - limp
• Bone injury
• Bone tumor
• more causes...»

See full list of 63 causes of Limping

How Common are these Causes of Limping?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Limping. Of the 63 causes of Limping that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

• 1 causes are "very common" diseases
• 1 causes are "common" diseases
• 2 causes are "uncommon" diseases
• 0 causes are "rare" diseases
• 4 causes are "very rare" diseases
• 60 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 63 causes of Limping

Conditions listing symptoms: Limping:

The following list of conditions have 'Limping' 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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Doctors and specialists: Who should I consult about Limping?

Depending on the seriousness of the onset of Limping, you may want to consult one of the following medical professionals.

Important:In extreme cases, always seek advice from emergency services :

• General practitioner
• Emergency physician
• Orthopaedic surgeon
• more specialists...»

What are the alternative names for Limping:

Lameness, Limp
- (Source - Diseases Database)

Classifications of Limping:

Medical Conditions associated with Limping:

Walking symptoms (437 causes)

Symptoms related to Limping:

Gait problems, Walking difficulty (437 causes), Walking symptoms (437 causes), Leg injury, Foot injury, Ankle injury, Hip injury, Leg condition, Leg pain (84 causes), Leg infection, Knee condition, Knee pain (40 causes), Foot condition

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News Archives for Limping

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