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Avascular necrosis (AVN) is a disease related to the bone. Necrosis is a medical term used to denote a dead cell. AVN is also known as: Osteonecrosis Aseptic necrosis Ischemic bone necrosis Bone infarction AVN can cause joint pain, especially the hip. The damage to the bone is caused due to the lack of blood flow to bone cells. This often may occur because of an injury or due to damage from drinking excessive alcohol or consuming corticosteroids to address a chronic health problem. Symptoms of AVN It is often found that the hip bone is one of the highly affected joints with AVN while It may also affect the knee often. In its primary phase, AVN rarely shows any symptoms. As blood cells die and the disease progresses, symptoms may be noticed in roughly this order: Severe or mild pain around the affected joint groin pain that spreads down to the knee pain caused due to putting weight on the hip or knee joint pain severe enough to limit movement Stages Stage-1 demands for a x-rays or MRI t