Choose a symptom and answer simple questions using our physician-reviewed symptom checker to find more information on your health issue.
Did you fall or suddenly feel your hip give way?
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Do the toes on your leg on the side of your injured hip seem to turn out, and does it hurt to straighten, lift, or stand on your leg?
Your pain and deformity may be from a HIP FRACTURE.
Do you have stiffness, swelling, redness, or pain in any other joints?
Your hip pain may be from ARTHRITIS.
Have you felt a “click” in your hip or occasional pain with activity?
You may have a CONGENITAL HIP PROBLEM, a deformity of the hip joint that began before birth. You may also have TROCHANTERIC BURSITIS, an inflammation of the outside (lateral) part of your hip.
Do you have pain in the back of your hip that starts in your lower back and travels into your buttocks or into your leg?
Your symptoms may be from SCIATICA, a pinched nerve. If the pain shoots down your leg near your knee or to your foot, this could also be from a RUPTURED or HERNIATED DISC in your low back.
Is the person a child with pain in the knees, hips, or groin?
This could be related to a number of disorders, including a SLIPPED CAPITAL FEMORAL EPIPHYSIS (often associated with teenagers who are overweight or obese).
Do you have pain in your hip that is also on the outside (lateral) part of your knee?
You may have ILIOTIBIAL BAND SYNDROME. This is more common in runners and cyclists (straight-ahead activities).
URGENT Go to the closest emergency room or call an ambulance.
Try an anti-inflammatory medicine. If you don’t feel better, see your doctor.
See your doctor.
Heat, anti-inflammatory medicine, and rest may help. See your doctor if the pain continues or if it travels down your leg. Contact your doctor immediately if you develop difficulty controlling urination or bowel movements, have fever, have a history of cancer, or experience unintentional weight loss.
Stretching and applying ice can help. See your doctor if the pain and discomfort worsens or does not improve with rest.
For more information, please talk with your doctor. If you think the problem is serious, call your doctor right away.
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