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Popping /Clicking sound coming from toddlers hip

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WaltzingTilda · 12/02/2021 03:03

Since about a month or two I have been hearing a popping/clicking sound coming from Dd's (3) hip. She also has a clicking sound coming from her shoulder area since she was about a year old but when they did an ultrasound scan on her shoulder at the time (we had to go to a&e for something else and they checked this as well) they didn't find anything wrong. I think since then I've discovered the sound comes from the back of the shoulder area. But this sound coming from her hip started about a month or two ago. I mysrlf used to have a popping sound coming from my hip since I was about 12, and the doctor just put it down to "maybe a lack of calcium." and asked me to take calcium supplements, which didn't do any good. I spoke to my gp a few days ago about dd and my gp said at this age its normal for them to have clicking hips and joints and as long as she walks okay I don't need to worry. As far as I can tell she walks okay but toddlers don't really walk like adults so I can't be sure. She, thankfully, doesn't seem to be having any difficulty in walking. Her legs seem the same length to me. Dd had a ultrasound scan when she was about 3 months for clicky hips and they said she was fine. I feel the gp may have said its all normal to avoid giving me a face to face appointment due to pandemic. I am constantly listening out for this sound and the sound is not always there either, but I sometines hear it a few times a day and sometimes hear it when dd tosses from one side to another in her sleep (dd and I bed share). Sometimes i might hear it just 1 or 2 a day as well. Please can anyone with experience advice if this is something I should be concerned about and chase up further with gp. They are not the easiest of GPS to deal with. Dh thinks clicking/popping sounds are normal in toddlers (but he's not sure either as this is our first). Please help.

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Fromthegekko · 12/02/2021 03:30

As far as I know this isn't a regular thing for toddlers but don't quote me as I'm not a medic of any sort. I would want a proper assessment by a pediatrician doing for anything clicky. DS might be too young to diagnose a soft tissue condition such as ehlers danlos syndrome but I'd definitely get him checked . I have EDS and have some unstable joints which click - shoulder and sacro iliac joints as well as thumb and some fingers . If you had a similar thing then it could be something hereditary which EDS is. It could be absolutely nothing too but I don't think your GP can assess this over the phone as he needs someone to check his hip and shoulder out.

TheNestedIf · 12/02/2021 06:51

If you're a clicky person yourself, and she isn't in any obvious pain, and you've had tests, and the GP isn't concerned it may well just be one of those things. I often sound like Rice Krispies when I move. Always have. Always will. DP was absolutely horrified he might have hurt me not long after we first met when he gave me a hug. There was a grinding sound not unlike the opening of a tomb door in an Indiana Jones film. Obviously keep an eye on her but you can probably relax.

WaltzingTilda · 12/02/2021 08:52

Thank you for replying.i do have a popping sound coming from one hip but it hasn't caused me any trouble (yet) . I am worried that this maybe something like 'Hip Dysplasia' or eds or something else. It's so frustrating when gp just dismisses me like that. Sorry, coming to think of it I think she was checked for clicky hipsshrn she was six weeks not three months. I have read online that Hip Dysplasia can start later than 6 weeks.

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WaltzingTilda · 12/02/2021 09:00

The sound coming from her hip is much louder than a rice crispy popping sound.

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WaltzingTilda · 12/02/2021 18:24

Just a little bump to see if anyone has any other advice or experience of hip popping sounds in toddlers being normal.

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Pillowcase123 · 12/02/2021 18:27

Absolutely normal in my case, I'm still very clicky now as an adult but no pain, no arthritis or anything - some of us just have loud joints!

DavidsSchitt · 12/02/2021 18:56

Get her seen! If is DDH then it wants sorting out

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