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  • Joint is tender (painful to touch)

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Learn more about Femoral head necrosis

Content updated on Sep 20, 2022

What is femoral head necrosis?

A condition where the top of the hip bone is damaged and dies out from poor blood supply. It can be caused by direct injury to the bone (e.g., a fracture or dislocation) or indirect injury (e.g., alcohol, smoking, medications, or radiotherapy).

Symptoms of femoral head necrosis

  • Joint pain

  • Hip pain

  • Difficulty moving the joint(s)

  • Taking steroids

  • Difficulty standing up from sitting position

  • On medications that suppresses the immune system

Questions your doctor may ask to check for femoral head necrosis

Your doctor may ask these questions to diagnose femoral head necrosis

  • Do you have any joint pain?

  • Do you have pain in your hip joints?

  • Are your joints stiff and difficult to move?

  • Are you currently taking steroids (e.g. Prednisolone, Hydrocortisone, Dexamethasone)?

  • Do you have difficulty in getting up from a chair on your own?

Treatment for femoral head necrosis

Early cases may be treated with medications. However, most patients will require surgery to repair the damage and regain their walking ability.

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References

  • Peng P, Nie Z, Sun F, Peng H. Glucocorticoids induce femoral head necrosis in rats through the ROS/JNK/c-Jun pathway. FEBS Open Bio. 2021 Jan;11(1):312-321. doi: 10.1002/2211-5463.13037. Epub 2020 Nov 30. PMID: 33190410; PMCID: PMC7780117.

    https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2211-5463.13037

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Saqib Baig

Saqib Baig, MD, MS (Respiratory medicine, Critical Care, Internal medicine)

Dr. Baig graduated from Army Medical College (NUST) Pakistan in 2007. He did his internal medicine training from Baltimore, Maryland, USA during the years 2009-2013. He joined the internal medicine faculty practice at Medical College of Wisconsin in USA for 2 years before pursuing advanced training. He completed his pulmonary disease and critical care medicine fellowship from Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School from 2015-2018. | | During his fellowship, Dr. Baig completed his master's in health care services management through Rutgers Business School. He currently serves as the medical director of respiratory therapy and pulmonary function lab and the clinical director of the COPD program at the Jane and Leonard Korman Respiratory Institute at Thomas Jefferson University. He holds the Assistant Professor of Medicine rank at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University. Dr. Baig's interests lie in respiratory physiology, airways disease, and data science.

Tomohiro Hamahata

Tomohiro Hamahata, MD (Orthopedic surgery)

Dr. Hamahata graduated from the Jikei University of Medical Science. After working at Asanokawa General Hospital and Kosei Chuo Hospital, he joined the Department of Orthopedics at Asakusa Hospital in April 2021, specializing in general orthopedics and joint replacement surgery.

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