Symptoms of Hip Arthritis

Symptoms of hip arthritis are mainly characterized by pain, swelling and joint dysmobility, and in some cases stiffness, fever and redness of the skin. Hip arthritis includes osteoarthritis of the hip, rheumatoid hip arthritis, traumatic hip arthritis, septic hip arthritis, and tuberculosis of the hip. The main manifestation of hip arthritis is joint pain and swelling, which is caused by the stimulation of inflammatory factors produced during the inflammatory reaction of the joint; with the lesion destroying the articular cartilage, it can also cause the manifestation of impaired joint movement. For hip osteoarthritis, rheumatoid hip arthritis, in addition to the main symptoms, there is joint stiffness such as morning stiffness. Generally, the duration of stiffness in hip osteoarthritis is shorter than that of rheumatoid hip arthritis. For septic hip osteoarthritis and hip tuberculosis, because the inflammatory reaction is more significant, in addition to the main symptoms of pain, swelling and joint dysfunction, it can also be manifested as body fever, local skin redness and other manifestations. The appearance of hip pain and swelling, need to promptly seek medical treatment.