Why does a child have crunches in the joints?

Child development has its own characteristics. Rapid growth is associated with the active development of the musculoskeletal system. Often, when moving in children, a characteristic crunch or click in the joints is observed. To understand why a child crunches the joints, it is worth knowing what it is connected with and what it means.

The first years of a child’s life are accompanied by the active growth of all tissues and organs. The emergence of a crunch when moving is a violation of the development of the musculoskeletal system. Often this is noticed by pediatricians in newborns and infants during regular patronage or observation of babies. The development of deviations in the work of the joints can lead a variety of reasons. They should be divided according to the age of the child, since at each age the cause of the appearance of a crunch in the joints may be different.

Often in an infant, the joints crack when the development of the cartilage tissue of the infant is incomplete. This is a temporary condition, as the child matures, it completely passes.

Doctors note that in newborns the density of bone and cartilage tissues is not the same as in older children. Making any active movements is accompanied by the appearance of characteristic clicks in the joints or even crunch. This sign manifests itself in babies aged 3-4 months, when the baby begins to actively move the arms and legs.

Only an experienced pediatrician can distinguish the norm from the pathology. If the parents have heard that the kid’s joints emit when moving characteristic sound, resembling a crunch, should show crumbs pediatrician. In some situations, the doctor may refer the baby to an appointment with a children's orthopedist. This specialist is already engaged in a more detailed study of diseases of the musculoskeletal system in children and is able to identify the cause of the squeak of the joints.

Another reason for the emergence of sounds in infants when moving in the joints, is the lack of formation of articular lubrication. Normally, this fluid is inside the articular cavity. It is necessary for the implementation of the full volume of all movements performed. The lack of such a liquid speaks of pronounced disturbances and more common in premature babies. As the baby grows and develops, this symptom disappears completely.

If the child grows up, and the crunch in the joints when the movement persists, in this case, it is necessary to seek advice from the orthopedist. In this situation, it is necessary to conduct an extended survey.

It is likely that the cause of the preservation of unpleasant sounds when the joints work is a disease of the musculoskeletal system, which is progressing.

With the development and growth of the baby, the number of pathological conditions that can lead to the appearance of various disabilities of the joints increases. Some of them are very dangerous and may be accompanied by the development of adverse complications.

Rheumatological diseases - one of the most common pathologiesin which babies creak joints. Usually this unfavorable symptom develops in a child when active movements are made.Small and large joints may be involved in the pathological process. It all depends on the initial disease that caused the appearance of these signs in the baby.

A frequent reason for having a child flipped joints is dysplasia. Today, this innate condition occurs in childhood more and more. Large joints are more often involved in pathological process. There are several degrees and stages of this disease. The disease itself develops gradually, and the adverse symptoms increase while intensifying the creaking.

Reactive arthritis - An acute condition characterized by a violent, progressive inflammatory process in the joint. The cause of the pathology is most often various microorganisms and traumatic injuries. The peak incidence occurs in age from 5 to 13 years. Treatment of this disease includes the mandatory elimination of the cause that caused the child to develop adverse symptoms.

Some babies have symptoms of hyper mobility. This pathological condition has a fairly pronounced genetic conditionality. Characterized by a violation of the development of the child excessive flexibility of the joints. While making movements, various sounds or clicks are often heard (joints of the arms and legs may be hypermobile).

Crunched joints in children can with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. This pathology occurs most often in school age. Severe inflammatory process contributes to the fact that all the internal elements of the joint swell and become inflamed. Ultimately, the disease is manifested by the appearance of clicks and crunches in the baby, which occur during walking or while performing other active movements.

Doctors say that the disease is somewhat more common in schoolgirls. Girls get sick 2-2.5 times more often than boys. The disease has an autoimmune nature and proceeds with the gradual manifestation and intensification of adverse symptoms. In some cases, protracted and pronounced juvenile arthritis leads to the development of signs of disability in a child’s future.

Injuries - a fairly common cause of the appearance in the child of the joints of various sounds and crunch while making movements. Children attending sports sections suffer from traumatic arthritis many times more often than their peers who are not involved in sports.

During training, children can cause each other severe injuries to the knees and hands, which can cause various injuries to the joints.

Infectious diseases can lead to the development of inflammation in schoolchildren. The appearance of arthritis can be caused by a variety of bacteria that enter the area of ​​the joints through the bloodstream from the primary site of infection, which can be localized in a variety of organs. Once in the joint cavity, microorganisms cause inflammation and severe damage, which is manifested in a child by the appearance of a crunch when making active or passive movements.

Rheumatism is a serious rheumatological disease, which is a complication of a sore throat in early childhood. The course of this disease is usually severe. The baby has movement disorders associated with malfunctions of damaged joints and damage to the cardiovascular system. In children with rheumatism, doctors often detect heart disease. The treatment of this disease is carried out by a rheumatologist.

Arthritis that occurs during puberty of the child is less common in adolescents. These diseases are characterized by lesions of large joints. These changes occur during the restructuring of the hormonal background. An excess of some hormones with a lack of others provokes the formation of an excess amount of joint fluid in the joints. Ultimately, this leads to the development of arthritis and crunch in the joints.

To establish the correct diagnosis requires mandatory laboratory tests and research. All children, ranging from infancy and ending with adolescents with pathologies in the joints, must be given a general blood and urine test, as well as biochemical studies. To establish the degree of damage to the anatomical structures that form the joint, x-rays are taken. In difficult diagnostic cases, computed or magnetic tomography is used.

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