ARVI and acute respiratory infections are unpleasant, but not the most terrible diseases. But complications after a cold are not so harmless. A viral infection can affect the heart, kidneys, joints, and lead to the development of chronic diseases. Children's immune systems are still immature, so any infection poses a serious danger to them. The risk of developing complications after a cold is much higher in children than in adults.
One of the most common complications of acute respiratory infections in children is inflammation of the joints. Signs of inflammation:
Children cannot always explain exactly what they feel. If a child complains that his legs hurt after an acute respiratory infection, this does not necessarily indicate complications. First you need to rule out other causes.
If your child’s legs hurt after an acute respiratory infection, you should definitely consult an orthopedist, do an ultrasound of the joints, and take a rheumatic test. Do not delay in seeing a doctor. Without treatment, inflammation can become chronic. Before consulting with a specialist, you should not heat or cool the affected joint, make lotions, compresses or baths. Mom can alleviate the baby's condition using simple methods.
Treatment with folk remedies often leads to the child having pain in his legs and joints after an acute respiratory infection, and developing other dangerous complications. Herbs and honey do not fight the virus, the main cause of the disease. If you use effective modern medicines to fight a cold, the disease will go away faster and the risk of complications will decrease.
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Complications from flu on the legs can occur in both adult patients and children. At the same time, legs hurt after the flu due to the development of an acute inflammatory process in the joints, which arose as a reaction of the body to the virus. Let's look in more detail at what to do and how to prevent this from happening if your legs hurt after the flu.
Influenza, the complications of which are not very often observed, belongs to diseases of a viral nature that are very difficult for humans to tolerate. Legs usually hurt after the flu due to the development of an acute form of rheumatoid arthritis, which is often a direct consequence of severe viral diseases. Rheumatoid arthritis itself (without provoking factors) rarely develops.
The mechanism by which this complication occurs is that an acute viral cold causes a very strong disruption in the human immune system, so instead of protecting the body, it begins to destroy it itself. In this condition, the first to be hit are the joints, namely their cartilage tissues, which become very inflamed and painful.
Most often, joint damage is observed if the patient delays going to the doctor and suffers from the flu on his feet. The consequences of this will not be long in coming - after a few days the patient will feel the first pain and deterioration in his condition.
The following categories of people are most susceptible to pain in the legs after being infected with a cold virus:
It should be noted that most patients with influenza are children, because they have a high degree of transmission of infection. This is justified by the fact that in places where children gather (schools, kindergartens), entire epidemics of the virus very often break out, because you can become infected with it through coughing, toys, and even shared utensils on which traces of the virus remain.
As medical practice shows, unfortunately, it is very difficult to treat such a complication in older people. Often a person becomes disabled and partially loses the ability to move normally.
Flu on the legs, the symptoms of which can be quite different, usually develops gradually, with increasing deterioration. To accurately understand that the musculoskeletal system has suffered specifically from this viral disease, you should be aware of the following characteristic manifestations of influenza:
It should be noted that if treatment for a viral cold is not started in time, it can become complicated by a bacterial infection and cause pneumonia. Also, often in this condition a person develops otitis media, rhinitis, sinusitis and heart complications.
In adults, complications on the legs may manifest themselves with the following characteristic signs:
In addition, it is important to say that a viral cold usually affects both knee joints of a person at once. In this condition, the patient sometimes cannot walk at all without feeling very severe pain.
Usually, after the flu, a child’s legs hurt in the calves or knees. At the same time, the baby will begin to complain of discomfort in both legs at once.
If a child’s calves hurt after the flu, this indicates the development of acute myositis or muscle inflammation. This condition can occur both at the height of the disease and after it.
Sometimes after the flu, a child’s calves hurt so much that he cannot focus on them and refuses to walk. This is a good reason to urgently consult a doctor, while normal motor activity can still be eliminated with medication.
With severe myositis, even with the slightest pressure on the inflamed muscles, the child will feel pain. You should know that if treatment is not started in time, the baby may develop muscle atrophy, which can have very serious consequences, including complete disability.
In addition, there is another common complication in children that can occur after untreated influenza - rheumatoid arthritis . It literally destroys the tissue of the joint, deforming and distorting it. This leads to acute pain in the child, high temperature due to the inflammatory process and impaired motor function of the joint.
The danger of this process is that in advanced cases it is irreversible, that is, the lost functions of the joint can no longer be restored. For this reason, sometimes the only effective treatment is complete replacement of the affected joint with an artificial endoprosthesis. Otherwise, the child will become disabled and will not be able to walk.
Separately, it is worth mentioning that sometimes a person develops complications after getting the flu. The ointment should be selected by the attending physician. As a rule, this complication manifests itself in the form of an acute inflammatory process of muscles - myositis.
If a child’s legs hurt after the flu, this is usually due to the fact that with this disease, blood circulation is disrupted, so cells that are supposed to fight the virus accumulate in the lymph nodes.
When a patient's body temperature rises, the immune cells can no longer protect the body. In this state, the immune system seems to be misinformed, so it attacks both diseased cells and healthy ones.
Thus, the main reason that the legs hurt during the flu (what to do with this is usually decided by the attending physician) is a sharp disruption in the functioning of the immune system , which malfunctions and destroys all active cells - both sick and healthy.
Treatment for complications after a viral cold is always selected individually for each individual patient, based on the severity of the condition, its form, the patient’s age and the presence of concomitant pathologies.
Typically, such therapy is long and complex. Its main task is to stop the process of inflammation and destruction of joint tissue, as well as suppress the activity of the main viral infection. It is also important to eliminate pain in a person and restore motor activity of the diseased joint.
Traditional therapy for leg complications includes the following:
In addition, if the joint is very painful and swollen, then it needs to be wrapped every day with a medical elastic bandage. It will not only help relieve inflammation, but also normalize poor blood circulation.
On average, treatment for this complication lasts from two to three weeks . After this, the patient feels significant improvements and returns to normal life.
If a person consults a doctor when the condition is already quite advanced, then his treatment will be more difficult and lengthy.
To reduce the likelihood of developing complications on your legs after the flu, you should follow your doctor’s recommendations for prevention:
These prevention rules will help avoid complications.
Children sometimes complain of pain in their legs, the causes of this pain are very different, in some cases it is worth worrying, in others not. How to distinguish dangerous diseases from growing pains. Let's figure out together why a child's legs hurt.
These are bone pains at night or at rest. In childhood, there are periods of intense growth or stretching. At this time, the child's bones grow rapidly. During the period from 6 to 12 years, the bones of the lower leg and foot grow most rapidly. For normal bone growth, a good blood supply is needed. With moderate physical activity, blood circulation in the limbs increases and the bone is provided with everything necessary for growth and development.
At rest, the intensity of blood circulation in the bones decreases and pain may appear. As a rule, this pain is in the legs and feet, but other bones can also hurt. Massage and warming the feet (hot foot baths, a heating pad on the feet, high woolen socks on bare feet, rubbing with warming ointments) will help relieve pain.
Children of any age may experience pain in the calf muscles and foot muscles, and leg cramps. Such pains often occur at night. The reason for this may be a deficiency of vitamins and microelements. Especially calcium, vitamin D and magnesium deficiency.
The first sign of a deficiency of these substances may be pain and cramps in the muscles; with a significant and prolonged deficiency of calcium and vitamin D, pain in the bones and joints, as well as bone deformities, are added. You can reliably determine whether there is a calcium deficiency in the body using biochemical analysis. (determine the level of calcium in the blood serum).
Massaging and warming the painful area will help relieve pain temporarily. Treatment is prescribed by a doctor. Calcium supplements, calcium in combination with vitamin D and magnesium, vitamin-mineral complexes, massage, electrophoresis with calcium on the affected area can be prescribed as treatment. In addition to medications, to get rid of such pain, the child needs a balanced diet and moderate physical activity.
Sprains, bruises, and fractures often occur in children due to injuries. If a child complains of pain in the leg after an injury, limps or cannot stand on his leg, it is necessary to urgently go to the emergency room, where the child will be given an x-ray and the necessary assistance will be provided.
Against the background of ARVI, especially those accompanied by intoxication and fever, pain in the bones and joints may appear. Such pain is relieved with paracetamol or Nurofen and disappears after the body temperature normalizes.
But if the pain is very intense, the child refuses to stand up or begins to limp, it is necessary to draw the attention of the pediatrician to this.
This disease is typical for adolescents with low or normal body weight. It is characterized by low blood pressure, decreased vascular tone, and pain in different parts of the body: headaches, heart pain, abdominal pain, pain in bones and joints, including in the legs. These pains also occur more often at night or at rest.
In this case, a massage will help temporarily relieve the pain, and high woolen socks, hot foot baths, a heating pad to the feet and warming baths will not work in this case. To completely eliminate leg pain, you need to stabilize blood pressure and vascular tone. Establish a daily routine, nutrition, and select adequate physical activity for a teenager.
As a rule, this is a high degree of flat feet (3 or 4) and scoliosis (2, 3, 4). With these diseases in children, the center of gravity shifts and the load on certain muscles changes, so pain in the legs may appear when walking, running, jumping.
Treatment of the underlying disease will help relieve such pain: orthopedic insoles, orthopedic shoes, posture correction, exercise therapy, massage.
Being overweight increases the load on the bones and joints of the legs. The child's bones continue to grow in length. Growing, fragile bones, joints and muscles cannot cope with such a high load, so obese children may experience pain in the bones and joints even with minor physical activity. You can get rid of such pain by reducing the child’s weight.
Osteochondropathy of the tibia. The disease develops in adolescents 10-12 years old who are actively involved in sports. The cause of the disease is considered to be uneven loads on the knee joint (running, jumping, squats), during the period of active growth of the child, as a result, incomplete separation and necrosis (death) of the tibial tuberosity occurs at the border of the cartilaginous zone of the bone.
Treatment consists of limiting physical activity on the knee joints: running, jumping, squatting. Swimming classes and physical therapy for other muscle groups are shown.
For severe pain, it is recommended to take painkillers and anti-inflammatory drugs: ibuprofen. Electrophoresis with lidocaine. To treat the disease, electrophoresis with calcium, paraffin, and mud are used.
With adequate treatment, pain in the leg stops after the bones grow in length, by the age of 18-20, so Osgood-Schlatter disease can be classified as a growth disease.
Osteochondropathy of the femoral head. Aseptic necrosis of the femoral head.
The cause of the disease is unknown. There is a disruption of the blood supply to the femoral head with subsequent necrosis.
Boys aged 3-14 years are most often affected. The disease begins with pain in the knee, then in the hip joint, and the child begins to limp. The defeat is usually unilateral.
The diagnosis is made on the basis of an X-ray examination of the hip joint.
Treatment is immobilization (immobilization) of the affected joint, with daily traction. Massage, electrophoresis, calcium supplements and vitamins inside. Sometimes surgical treatment is required. Treatment is long-term, 2-5 years.
Arthritis is inflammation of the joints. It occurs quite often in children.
It is believed that reactive arthritis most often occurs some time after a streptococcal infection, intestinal infection and urinary tract infection, but it can develop without any apparent connection with any diseases.
The development of the disease is associated with cross-immune reactions: the similarity of individual elements of the cell wall of microbes and joint tissues. It turns out that the body’s immune system forms antibodies against microbes, and they also act on joint tissue, causing inflammation in them.
But the disease goes away after the pathogen is completely removed from the body, followed by the removal of antibodies to it from the blood.
Antibiotics and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are used to treat reactive arthritis.
Viral arthritis is one of the common joint diseases in children, especially preschool age. It occurs after ARVI and any viral diseases: measles, mumps, rubella. Characterized mainly by pain in the joint. It goes away in 1-2 weeks; non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are used for treatment.
Chronic connective tissue disease. Develops in children under 15 years of age. The causes of the disease are unknown. The disease is characterized by a long course and constant progression of the process.
This disease very often becomes a cause of disability.
Now you know what to do if your child’s legs hurt . Stay healthy!
I'm nervous, talk to me, huh. (The child fell ill. Apparently, with the same infection that is now decimating everyone. Two days of high fever. Yesterday evening, she seemed to feel better, cheerful, started playing. This morning I woke up and took the temperature: 37.2. Well, it seems good, the child gets up and does step and shouts: oh, my legs hurt, I can’t walk! We tried to walk, holding hands, but he can barely walk, he places his legs strangely. Three or four steps and he bursts into tears: my legs hurt, pick me up. I ask, where it hurts, shows under the knees, behind %) The doctor cheerfully said: it happens, there is a complication, give Nurofen. But I’m worried about something, my daughter has been spoiled by rare diseases, and this turn of events has really stressed me out. What the hell is this? Has this happened to anyone?
I will be a silent hallucination.
It was at the end of this January. True, not after an illness, although it could be. Orvishka was asymptomatic.
We saw a surgeon, did an X-ray of the hip joint, and ruled out Peters.
I later read that this happens to children after suffering from orvishki.
The doctor cheerfully said: there may be a complication, give Nurofen
Everything is correct. He complains, give me Nurofen. Watch, it usually goes away within a week.
If there are new symptoms or things get worse, see a doctor immediately.
You can search for reactive synovitis.
Anya, we had this with Igor last year. also after illness. We even went to the emergency room. we were sent to 9 for an x-ray. It is clear that nothing was found. They explained that sometimes complications give such an effect after an illness. Igorekha’s knee is even swollen. They recommended applying dimexide (that’s how it’s spelled) as a lotion, I remember that it was for a while. They literally made 2 lotions and in the morning he woke up as if nothing had happened. but they told me to pay attention to the vessels. but for us ugh 3 times everything is ok.
exactly. That's what they told us too.
At the beginning of the month I fell ill with a cold with fever. A week after the illness, the child suddenly did not stand on his right leg, and when he tried to stand, he fell. They took me to the hospital for pictures of the hip joint - no changes. I was diagnosed with infectious-allergic arthritis. They prescribed Dollit cream locally and Nurofen syrup internally for pain. I read that the disease goes away in a period of several days to several months. May become chronic. As such, the disease is not cured, but goes away on its own. Has anyone encountered anything like this?
2009-06-06 03:07:30 Author: Belly
I don’t know about children, but I myself suffer from arthritis; my joints periodically become inflamed, in particular, after each pregnancy. Both times it went away on its own, it hurts, of course, constantly, already due to changes in the joints, but the body, thank God, overcomes the inflammation itself, and the pain is not severe. I sincerely wish that everything goes away on its own for your son, because... For treatment, they usually use very strong anti-inflammatory drugs, hormones - it is better to do without them. The herb cinquefoil is very good for pain relief. There are ointments and gels with cinquefoil. And it has an anti-inflammatory effect. Ointments with glucosamine (this is the substance that makes up the joint) are also good. Vitamins. Of course, especially C, which is useful for any inflammation. Cranberry juice, lingonberry juice, lemons, etc. And then avoid jumping and running for as long as possible - this injures the joints, do not play sports so that the joint recovers. The baby must have calcium - in the form of cottage cheese, milk, and vitamin D, so that calcium is absorbed. Let everything be fine » Added later Yes, I almost forgot I read that a diet that excludes pork and beef, fatty and heavy foods helps. It’s good that the menu contains from 80% grains, vegetables and fruits, and 15% milk, 5 percent boiled chicken, fish. I can say that I just experienced inflammation, I could barely walk all summer, my hands hurt, my blood was bad, they wanted to put me on hormones already. 3 weeks of this diet, plus vitamin C, calcium with vitamin D (in tablets) and the inflammation went away. So I advise you to exclude heavy meat and give a huge amount of vegetables and cereals. It will only be beneficial
2009-06-09 09:37:13 Author: Muckhant
Thank you, we took Vitrum vitamins for the children. I’ll have to look for a fruit drink and an ointment with cinquefoil or glucosamine. We don’t like meat, so we rarely eat it, but fruit is our favorite. And soups.
2009-06-13 07:44:11 Author: Ansireature
Something similar happened: at 3 years old, after a cold with a high fever, the child began to walk unsteadily, limp, and complain of pain in his leg. the surgeon determined that there was pain in the hip joint, they took an x-ray of the hip joint - everything was normal. They made a diagnosis - transistor sinusitis, there is no treatment, just try not to walk for 5-6 days. Indeed, after 5 days everything went away.
2009-06-17 07:50:24 Author: Colight
I apologize, of course it’s not sinusitis, but synovitis
2009-06-17 10:53:01 Author: Rethis
We encountered reactive arthritis last fall after a prolonged acute respiratory viral infection. After recovery, about a month later, pain appeared in the right hip joint, and accordingly the child began to limp (especially in the morning). We visited pediatricians and surgeons for approx. 2 weeks, but the correct diagnosis was not made. And only after independently studying professional information on this problem, arthritis was presumably determined. As it turned out, only a pediatric rheumatologist (we have a cardiologist-rheumatologist in our clinic) can make a diagnosis and provide qualified assistance based on an examination and a large number of tests (biochemistry, immunological status, etc.). By the way, ultrasound and x-rays do not show abnormalities in early and mid-term. stages of joint diseases, this can only be seen with severe damage to the joints. Thus. At the clinic, a presumptive diagnosis of arthritis was made; further examination and observation were received at the Clinic of Children's Diseases named after. Sechenov in the department of collagen diseases. The disease is serious and systemic, so I strongly advise against self-medication, especially with immune drugs.
2009-06-20 07:20:43 Author: Coughtery
I suffered from reactive arthritis at the age of 5. In the evening he complained about his leg, and in the morning he couldn’t get up. They put us in the hospital, injected us with antibiotics, took pills - everything was serious. They did various tests, but did not take X-rays, incl. tested for chlamydia, because may also be the reason.
2009-06-24 12:07:12 Author: Septed
prostomama, Run to a competent classical homeopath before the disease becomes chronic. You can ask for a recommendation here. (http://1796kotok.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=16 =099ad44c4d41e87e9a54715c6362d0fe)
2009-06-28 04:46:25 Author: Friathe
Thanks to all. I'm not going to self-medicate. We took tests for Rheumatoid factor and are waiting for the results. I want to get tested for infections. Our leg completely healed within four days; I was running already on the second day, although we tried to keep it up. Homeopathy is not a panacea, especially since the reasons have not yet been clarified. And she didn’t help anyone in our family, so I somehow don’t believe in her. Something else confuses me. We were diagnosed with arthritis of the hip-femoral joint, but that’s the question. When the child could not stand on his leg, and when standing up he fell, he leaned on his toe when standing. I only fell when I tried to stand on my heel. At the same time, he moved perfectly and quickly on all fours and knees. That is, when he transferred weight to the knee of the sore leg (and therefore to the hip-femoral joint), he did not feel pain, but only when he stood on his heel. When we were in the hospital in the picture, we were offered to go for treatment, but only with residual symptoms (we still coughed a little after the illness), and at the same time we were promised treatment for arthritis. We refused, last time we brought infectious bronchitis from there with a temperature of 40 for 4 days, we no longer wanted to be treated there.
A 6-year-old child fell ill with ARVI on December 16, the first two days the temperature remained very high, they took Nurofen and Panadol alternately, trying to maintain 3 hours between doses, it did not drop below 38, on the night of December 16 to 17 it rose to 40.3, they called the ambulance, they gave an analgin injection + suprastin, December 17 the temperature ranged from 38 to 39.8. On December 18, the temperature rose a couple of times to 38.9, after taking Nurofen/Panadol it dropped to 37. Other symptoms: red throat, slight runny nose, slight cough. Both the local pediatrician and the emergency room doctor diagnose ARVI.
Today, December 19, the child woke up complaining of pain in his calves, could not stand up or walk, and it also hurts to stretch his legs while sitting and pull his socks up. When I sit with my legs bent, nothing hurts. Temperature 37.3.
Should I be worried about the consequences of high temperature? Or a sign of the flu, not ARVI?
Is it necessary to go to a doctor and which one?
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Try squeezing the muscles of the thighs and legs a little - does it hurt?
Yes, if you press. it hurts, he complains more about his lower leg. Over the last couple of hours it has gotten better and I started walking. but either on tiptoes or on straight legs. He can stand on an even foot, but he can’t bend his legs or sit down. In general, his condition and mood are good, he sits, plays, and crawls. Temperature 36,
Most likely post-viral myositis. Should go away in a couple of days. Try giving Nurofen 3 times a day, 0.5 ml/kg body weight
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Pain in the muscles and joints often accompanies viral respiratory diseases, but as the last symptoms disappear, the infection usually disappears. What if after an acute respiratory viral infection your legs hurt for weeks, or the pain appears suddenly after a long time? Should we consider this a residual phenomenon after the flu or should we suspect a more serious complication?
Myalgia (muscle pain) during the acute phase of a viral disease is provoked by tissue poisoning with toxic substances: waste products of infection, fragments of decaying viruses and elements of the decay of affected cells of the body itself.
This is a painful but natural process, which is one of the main symptoms of an acute respiratory infection of viral origin. To a greater or lesser extent, this syndrome is observed in everyone. Therefore, it is very important to recognize the beginning complication in time behind the clinical picture of the disease.
Signs of myalgia and joint pain, which are a reason for urgent consultation with a specialist:
The listed conditions are only the most obvious signs that the viral infection has caused complications. Examination and treatment are required urgently, especially if the child’s legs hurt after an acute respiratory viral infection. You should consult a therapist even if the symptoms are not so pronounced: only the calves or fatigue hurt, heaviness in the limbs lasts for about a week.
Viral infections of the respiratory tract, including their most aggressive type, influenza, rarely penetrate beyond the bronchopulmonary system. Complications that arise in the musculoskeletal system are caused not so much by the virus itself, but by its consequences.
The disease greatly depletes the body, new strains of viruses confuse the immune system, and long-term drug treatment also has a toxic effect. After an infection, your calves or joints hurt if the following complications develop:
The most serious consequence of ARVI is a weakened immune system. Even after defeating the infection, the immune system, depleted by long-term toxic effects, cannot recover for a long time. Against the background of a decrease in protective reactions, bacterial, fungal, and viral lesions can quickly develop in any weak spot of the body.
You should know! It is not only mutating, aggressive strains of influenza that provoke inadequate immune responses. Unjustified use of antibiotics in the treatment of viral infections can also provoke autoimmune disorders, which include rheumatoid arthritis.
Children are especially susceptible to complications after ARVI. It is difficult to keep them in bed when the symptoms subside, so the consequences often affect the legs, and the younger the child, the faster the disease progresses. The most common causes of pain in the calves of the legs in children are the same as those described for adults, but they have their own characteristics in the symptoms and development of the disease.
In children after ARVI, their legs hurt as a result of the following pathologies:
May manifest as pain of varying intensity. It is typical that the calves of the legs hurt more severely after sleep, the child refuses to walk, is capricious, and resists changing position. The tissues over the affected area are swollen and painful. When palpated, dense formations and ties are found in the muscles, and sharp pain appears. In children, myositis can spread quickly, affecting adjacent muscles and nearby organs.
It most often affects the child's knees, heels and ankles; the hands are less commonly affected. Inflammation can occur rapidly or smoothed out, “rheumatic nodules” under the skin may not be palpable. Acute pain syndrome and severe course of the disease are observed in children with a history of autoimmune disorders (diathesis, allergies). The viral form of reactive arthritis can be cured without irreversible consequences.
It affects joints, blood vessels, heart, and other organs and is not directly related to the influenza virus. The disease is always preceded by a streptococcal infection: tonsillitis, scarlet fever, pharyngitis.
A respiratory infection can only provoke an exacerbation of rheumatism, which occurred in a chronic, smoothed form, which will make it possible to detect a hidden disease and begin treatment. A characteristic difference between joint pain in rheumatism is its “volatility”: one joint hurts for several days, then another.
The difficulty of diagnosing the consequences of influenza in young children is that the child cannot always accurately describe his state of health. Parents should be attentive to the child’s complaints of pain in the legs, and when the first symptoms appear, visit a pediatrician, and, if necessary, a rheumatologist.
Important! The child’s physical activity should be monitored, sports and active games should be limited for two weeks after ARVI. Even a long walk at this time can cause pain in the legs.
The desire to remain active and not fall out of work schedule forces many to endure a viral infection “on their feet.” Strong, healthy people are confident that by taking painkillers and antipyretic drugs, they are able to get over the flu without changing their usual rhythm of life.
It is the legs that often suffer from this attitude. By suppressing unpleasant symptoms with medications, you may not notice the development of serious consequences, which are often more dangerous than the virus itself. Particular attention should be paid to the manifestations of influenza and ARVI in the following conditions:
Old people and children suffer the consequences of the flu the hardest, but youth and health do not guarantee the absence of complications.
Note! New strains of ARVI, identified in recent years, cause more complications in young people under 30 years of age. Thus, the mortality rate from bird flu was highest in this age category. Previously, it was believed that those over 65 years of age were most vulnerable.
After a thorough examination, diagnosis and adequate treatment, you can get rid of most of the consequences. Moreover, no home methods or self-medication are acceptable in such a situation, especially in a child. The symptoms of the diseases are very similar, but the treatment is radically different. Even experienced rheumatologists require many tests to distinguish one from the other.
It is impossible to insure against new ARVI infections. Every socially active person encounters this disease at least twice a year. What to do to prevent unpleasant and painful consequences from happening again?
Some tips to avoid relapse:
If your legs hurt after an acute respiratory viral infection, this does not always indicate serious problems, but in the fight against such an unpredictable enemy as the influenza virus, no precaution will be superfluous. The delay of complications does not immediately make it possible to understand why the calves of the legs hurt or the joints of an adult or child are twisted. Attention to your condition, timely examination and patient implementation of prescriptions will help reduce the risk of irreversible pathologies to a minimum.
Many people wonder why their legs hurt when they have a cold. This is a fairly common phenomenon that can be dealt with in several ways. Pain in the body, and especially in the legs, is a clear sign of the flu. Muscle pain can vary from person to person and can make it difficult for a person to move or even move.
Why do muscles hurt when you have a cold and how to deal with it? Such pain after a cold, especially after the flu, is normal, but how to alleviate the condition? It is enough to purchase painkillers at a pharmacy nearby, which will help relieve discomfort in the muscles, they will make the condition more comfortable.
Anti-inflammatory drugs (non-steroidal) relieve this problem faster, unlike acetaminophen. Examples of such drugs would be:
If it is not possible to take the above medications due to diseases of the liver or gastrointestinal tract, then you need to go to the doctor. He will choose the best option to relieve the pain. Aspirin is not recommended for use until adulthood.
Remember to drink: dehydration causes severe pain and cramps in the limbs. You need to drink as much pure water, sports drinks or broths as possible. Even if you are not thirsty, drink fluids and your body will thank you.
Rest is also important. Painful aches throughout the body, colic in the muscles create discomfort, it is important to force yourself to rest and carry out all the treatment at home in bed. Fighting infection will be faster with the right amount of sleep and rest.
Sore leg muscles after the flu are a common complaint among patients. Several methods should be highlighted:
If you have acute muscle pain, you should immediately consult a doctor, as symptoms can lead to serious diseases of the musculoskeletal system.
We've covered why muscles hurt when you have the flu, but when should you start treatment? Despite the fact that such pain is normal with a cold, especially if severe aches in the body appear, consulting a doctor is mandatory.
When contacting your doctor, tell us in detail about muscle colic during a cold if the following symptoms are present:
Muscle pain during a cold is its most common symptom. Here you can accurately understand whether it is the flu or a regular ARVI. After the flu, the muscles ache for a long time, and with a cold, it lasts for several days.