Toxic Synovitis
Your child is required to remain home.
Cause/Symptoms:
Toxic synovitis is a temporary condition that causes hip pain in children.
It’s also known as transient synovitis.
It mainly occurs in children between 3 and 8 years old.
It’s two to four times more common in boys than girls.
Toxic synovitis occurs when there’s inflammation in the hip joint.
The cause is unknown, but it often occurs after a viral infection.
It usually only affects one hip, but it’s possible for swelling and inflammation to spread to other joints.
The most common symptom of toxic synovitis is hip pain.
This pain might occur on and off in one or both hips.
It might flare up when your child gets up after sitting or lying down for a long time.
Other symptoms include:
Toxic synovitis clears up in about one to two weeks in most cases, but it can last as long as five weeks. It can occur repeatedly in some children when they have viral infections like colds.
Toxic synovitis is a temporary condition that causes hip pain in children.
It’s also known as transient synovitis.
It mainly occurs in children between 3 and 8 years old.
It’s two to four times more common in boys than girls.
Toxic synovitis occurs when there’s inflammation in the hip joint.
The cause is unknown, but it often occurs after a viral infection.
It usually only affects one hip, but it’s possible for swelling and inflammation to spread to other joints.
The most common symptom of toxic synovitis is hip pain.
This pain might occur on and off in one or both hips.
It might flare up when your child gets up after sitting or lying down for a long time.
Other symptoms include:
- limping or walking on tiptoe due to discomfort
- pain in the thigh or knee and no hip pain
- low-grade fever under 101°F
- refusing to walk if the pain is severe
- crying and irritability in younger children
Toxic synovitis clears up in about one to two weeks in most cases, but it can last as long as five weeks. It can occur repeatedly in some children when they have viral infections like colds.
We can discuss your child's return to daycare, once all the following criteria has been met:
- Child is eating and drinking normally
- Child can participate in all the daycare activities
- Child's pain is manageable (not getting in the way of participating in all the daycare activities, Isn't constantly in tears due to the pain)
- The daycare fever policy has been followed
- Child can walk/crawl on his/her own
The length of time your child is required to stay home will
depend on how long it takes for the pain to be manageable
enough for your child to get through a day at daycare.
depend on how long it takes for the pain to be manageable
enough for your child to get through a day at daycare.