Hip Bursitis
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Home Care
pain and inflammation
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Hip Bursitis Home Care: Warning Signs
Notify your doctor if you have hip
bursitis
and any of the following:
Redness and warmth to the skin over the hip
Fever
over 101 degrees F (38.3 C)
Shaking chills
Worsening
hip pain
Worsening hip
swelling
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Hip Bursitis Outlook
Related Topics:
Bursitis
Hip fracture
Hip injury
Hip pain (unilateral)
Hip sprain
Hip strain
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Hip pain
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Last Updated: Nov 6, 2008
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D. Scott Gettings, MD
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Hip Bursitis References:
Butcher JD, Salzman KL, Lillegard WA. Lower extremity bursitis. Am Fam Physician. 1996 May 15;53(7):2317-24.
Fox JL. The role of arthroscopic bursectomy in the treatment of trochanteric bursitis. Arthroscopy. 2002 Sep;18(7):E34.
Shbeeb MI, O'Duffy JD, Michet CJ Jr, O'Fallon WM, Matteson EL. Evaluation of glucocorticosteroid injection for the treatment of trochanteric bursitis. J Rheumatol. 1996 Dec;23(12):2104-6.
