Often, during a consultation with a pediatrician, parents ask the following question: why does the child’s leg hurt? For many years, pediatricians have been diagnosing this symptom. The conclusion of their study was the fact that foot disease is not a rare phenomenon. Many children between the ages of 2 and 11 have pain in either one or both legs.
Often children cry at night due to severe pain in the leg. Mild pain begins in the evening and intensifies at night so that the child cannot sleep from pain. There is a medical explanation for this - the child is growing, and his legs are experiencing rapid growth. Therefore, the pain causes him discomfort.
During the day, blood circulates intensively in the child’s legs and active metabolism occurs. And at night, the child’s tone of arterial and venous vessels decreases. This is precisely why blood flow in rapidly developing limbs slows down. As a result, the child feels pain.
Therefore, children are familiar with the so-called twisting pain. For some children it continues until the age of 12, while for others it goes away only at the age of 17, at the very end of school.
What can you do if your child’s leg starts to hurt? Sometimes it is enough to just stroke or lightly massage the child’s sore leg, after which, as a rule, the pain subsides and the child falls asleep. This action increases blood flow to the muscles.
In addition, children have pain in their legs due to the disease
In this case, only contacting a surgeon and diagnosing the underlying disease will help.
Be that as it may, it is important to examine the child in a timely manner, paying attention not only to the children’s feet, but also to the general condition of the child:
Parents should be especially attentive to the well-being of their children. It is important to try to record the time when the child most often experiences pain in the legs, and then, together with specialists, try to identify and eliminate the source of pain, which can also be caused by:
To diagnose the disease, it is important to tell your child’s doctor all the symptoms and take all the tests necessary for the study. In this case, only a doctor can answer the question of why the child’s leg hurts. After all, everything in the body is interconnected.
© Olga Vasilyeva for astromeridian.ru
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Yesterday, a 3.5-year-old child woke up with pain in his leg, my daughter could not stand on her leg. the day before there were no injuries, they play quite actively with their older sister, they fight, but there was no screaming or crying. I was jumping on a trampoline, I fell from the trampoline about two weeks ago, but without visible injuries, I got up normally and continued jumping. There were no serious illnesses, a slight runny nose, conjunctivitis, streptoderma was treated in December. My daughter did not have a fever, she felt normal, the hip joint was not swollen, and there was pain during abduction. we took a picture (without pathology), CBC (ESR 3, leukocytes 10, other parameters are also normal, according to the doctor), rheumatic factor; 4.7, srb 0.41, that is, also within the normal range. We were diagnosed with reactive arthritis, the doctor prescribed: amoxiclav for 10 days, Nurofen for 14 days, strict bed rest for 5-7 days. In the evening, my daughter’s leg stopped hurting, although she managed to give the medicine once, and the next morning there was no pain either, although 15 hours had passed since taking Nurofen. It’s very difficult to keep her in bed, you have to sit incessantly, she cries, her leg doesn’t hurt anymore, why can’t she walk. My questions are the following: 1. were we in a hurry to start treatment, maybe there was a slight sprain, 2. was a sufficient examination carried out to make a diagnosis, what other tests can be taken to exclude other possible diseases and confirm this one. 3. The doctor strongly recommends against going to the seaside, but we already have trips for June. Is it that serious?
1. We certainly hurried. A healthy child is doomed to suffering and continues to be tortured; 2. Are you trying to prolong the child’s suffering with your proposals? If the child does not complain, then he is healthy and please leave him alone. Often we have to save children from overzealous and compassionate parents. 3. Go to the sea. I believe that the incident with your child is a banal accident from which you made a huge problem out of. True, the doctors helped you with this. But you understand, if you come to us, then you should be treated, so they went in this direction. You shouldn't always run to the doctor at the slightest squeak. You should wait, evaluate and check the sensations, observe the dynamics of the disease, and then you should draw conclusions and seek help. Look at how much trouble you got into because you didn’t wait a day or two and rushed to sow panic.
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Causes of leg pain in a child – what to do and when to see a doctor?
Among common childhood ailments, experts note leg pain . This concept includes a number of diseases . which are completely different in symptoms and causes of occurrence. Any specific case requires a clear clarification of the exact location of pain, which may appear in the bones, muscles, and limbs.
At this time, the structure of bones, blood vessels, ligaments and muscles have a number of features that provide nutrition, proper metabolism and growth rates. Children's legs and feet grow faster than others. In areas of rapid tissue growth, abundant blood flow must be ensured. Growing tissues of the body, thanks to the vessels that supply nutrition to the muscles and bones, are properly supplied with blood. However, the number of elastic fibers in them is minimal. Consequently, when the child moves, the blood circulation improves. When muscles work, bones grow and develop. When a child sleeps, there is a decrease in the tone of the venous and arterial vessels. The intensity of blood flow decreases and painful sensations appear.
With these ailments, the center of gravity shifts, and maximum pressure falls on a certain area of the leg.
For example, caries, adenoiditis, tonsillitis. That is why in childhood you need to regularly visit an ENT doctor and dentist. Pain in the legs can indicate the presence of various infectious diseases.
This disease causes pain in the legs of children at night. Children with this disease also complain of headaches, cardiac discomfort, and abdominal discomfort. Sleep disturbance may also occur.
As a result of this pathology, blood flow decreases. When walking, children may fall and stumble - this is due to leg fatigue and pain.
Children with such an anomaly may suffer from varicose veins, renal prolapse, curvature of posture, scoliosis, and flat feet.
They can cause children to lame. Older children often strain ligaments and muscles. The healing process does not require outside intervention.
This can cause lameness in some cases. This is especially noticeable when the child is excited or upset. You should seek help from a doctor if the lameness does not go away the next day.
It can cause heel pain. If the foot is affected, pain may occur in the middle or middle part of the foot. Water calluses can also cause discomfort.
Children over three years of age complain of pain in the calf muscles associated with a lack of phosphorus and calcium in the bone growth zones.
With any ARVI or flu, all joints may also hurt in a child. Regular paracetamol will help relieve pain.
If a child complains of leg pain, you should seek help from the following specialists:
You need to see a doctor if:
Every parent should watch their child, watch his shoes, provide adequate nutrition and not limit the child’s movement. The baby's diet should contain everything necessary for the normal development and growth of the child's body.