Hello, sorry for the long post.
Just looking for a bit of advice please.. my ds is 3 in a week and started limping and complaining of pain in his right knee 2 weeks ago, he kept randomly saying ouch and then would refuse to walk or straighten his right leg, I took him to the gp after 4 days of him doing that and a random nose bleed that scared me.
Gp checked him over and said there was no sign of infection or illness etc, ds had no temperature and was walking fine and appeared to be in no pain when being examined, the gp said to take him to a&e to see the pediatrics for tests if he did it again at all, he continued doing it for the next few days, it would come and go and ds seemed absolutely fine other than refusing to walk on and off and saying his knee hurt, so I took him to a&e, the Dr there didn't seem bothered at all, said he is well so doesn't need an xray or blood test at that point and if he is still doing it in a week bring him back and they will run tests.
Fast forward a week and ds is still doing this on and off every day, it has become more often throughout the day, so from first doing it, going from doing it once or twice a day to now where he does it up to 5x in a day.. no other symptoms. I've heard of irritable hip and know this is the likely cause but surely the symptoms he has been having would be getting better rather than worse over the last week?
I am getting quite worried as I know painful limp in one leg can be something more serious! I'm going to take him back to get checked over on Monday and hopefully they will do an xray and blood test.
Has anybody else had their LO have Irritable hip that got worse after 2 weeks but then started to get better? How long did the pain and limping last for?
Anxiety is starting to creep in, I need some answers but when Dr's don't seem concerned it's frustrating 😔 thank you. X