Chronic diseases: There are no chronic diseases.
Hello, Doctor! I have a question. My child is 2 years old. For about a week, or maybe more, she began to complain about her legs. How this happens: out of nowhere she suddenly stretches out her legs and shows that they hurt, I take her in my arms and stroke her legs, and it goes away, it lasts a few seconds. This happens several times a day. Now it’s a couple of days since it started and at night, when he stretches out, the child whines, I stroke his legs and calm down. These are not convulsions, she does not cry, but simply aches at the moment when this happens. It feels as if the muscles are being compressed or the legs are cramping or something, it’s not clear. She also got a little sick, caught a cold, the diagnosis was ARVI. Could it be because of this? Tomorrow we will take tests, after which our pediatrician will refer us to the necessary doctors. But this problem began to scare us; we don’t know what it could be. And from today I started rubbing her feet with vodka. If possible, please answer what we should do and what is happening to our child. Thank you in advance.
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Due to the growth of tubular bones, children and adolescents may experience aching pain in the limbs. For relief, I recommend gymnastics with a predominance of stretching exercises, as well as contrast baths (showers, wraps).
Regarding vodka: the skin of children is relatively more equipped with capillaries, which promotes greater absorption from the surface of the skin, including alcohol.
Hello mommies! Tell me, someone had such a problem with a child. We are 2.11 months old. Does your daughter often have pain in her legs? but how they hurt. She wakes up at night and starts to pull them, as if having cramps. We went to an orthopedist, had an X-ray, an ultrasound of the feet, and had an electromyography of the muscles. They said that there was no damage that develops with age. The neurologist prescribed magnesium B6, which the doctor should apply. Kako had the same problem. what to do? how to treat. help me please? and how long does it keep us sick? 77 thanks everyone in advance.
My child (2.4 years old) has pain in his legs, sometimes he wakes up at night and cries. The neurologist sent me to a surgeon and cardiologist to rule out rheumatism. We saw the doctors and they said everything was normal. This happens in young children whose muscles do not have time to grow behind the bone tissue. Magnesium B6 and warming ointment. As a child, I myself had such a problem with my legs, sometimes in the evening pain in the knee joint began, by the age of 12 everything went away.
Just like my situation, my child has had this since he was 2-3 years old, now he’s 4 years old and everything is fine.
Joy is brought not so much by the white stripe itself, but by the moment of transition from the black one.
pain began in the knee joint,
These are signs of an inflammatory process and may be a manifestation of allergic reactions in the child’s body. We contacted Inna Arkadyevna Pogosyan with such symptoms at one time; she prescribed an antihistamine and an anti-inflammatory drug (such as Nise) that quickly relieved the pain symptoms. and then we were treated with vitamins. Go see her for a consultation. After that it never happened again. 4 years have already passed.
This happened to me myself, I took her to doctors for a long time, nothing helped, until someone advised my mother to apply fir oil. Everything went away very quickly, even when they smeared it at night. Before my student years I had this problem, but the older I got, the less often I got sick. Now they don't hurt at all.
These pains are called growing pains. They do not bother all children. And for some, the pain is so weak that children simply do not pay attention to it.
Doctors believe one of the reasons is that bones grow quickly, but the muscular system cannot keep up with them. As a result, the muscles and tendons become tight, tightly against the bones and compress the joints. This causes a feeling of discomfort. The intensity and localization of pain can be different: most often it is the front surface of the thigh, lower leg or calf. One knee may hurt today, and both ankles may hurt tomorrow. Such pains can in some cases bother even a 3-year-old child, but they are most common among 4-9-year-olds.
Growing pains in the legs can be compared to the sensations after heavy physical activity in the gym. Why do my legs hurt and at night? During the day, the child walks a lot, runs, jumps, and participates in outdoor games. Thus, the greatest load falls on the legs.
In many cases, growing pains can be caused by muscle strain. The latter do not hurt when children play or exercise, but begin to hurt when they relax at night.
It is necessary to distinguish growing pains from muscle convulsions. Cramps are sharp pain, usually in the calf muscle, accompanied by spasms. With cramps, you can usually see muscle spasms, but with growing pains you won’t see them.
How often do these pains occur? Today the child oohs and ahhs from aching pain, and tomorrow he runs around as if nothing had happened. The calves may ache for several evenings, and then stop, and the pain will recur only after a month or a year. Or they may disappear completely.
When to see a doctor?
Leg pain in children can often be a symptom of a serious disease - rheumatoid arthritis. Often, discomfort in the lower extremities is explained by deformation of the spine or hip joints, flat feet, and heart pathologies.
A child’s legs hurt if there are disorders in the endocrine system (for example, diabetes) and blood diseases.
You should consult a doctor if pain is accompanied by the following symptoms:
swollen joints or muscles;
fatigue, loss of appetite and weight;
the child began to limp;
morning pain after waking up.
If your doctor has ruled out a serious condition, such as arthritis, you can try the following:
Encourage your child with soothing words. Pain frightens children, even if it is caused by simple muscle tension. Explain to your child that leg pain is most likely caused by overexertion and that it will go away soon.
Try rubbing with your hands. Pain associated with growth often disappears after massage. Gently massage your baby's legs in the areas where the pain is concentrated until the baby feels better.
Warm the sore areas. Warmth can have a calming effect, especially if the source of your child's pain is muscle pain. A warm bath or hot compress will help relieve pain, but do not leave your child unattended with a warm compress for long periods of time.
Fight the pain. A mild pain reliever may help your child.
If you experience frequent leg pain, it is best to consult a doctor to make sure that everything is in order and that the child is really just growing quickly.
According to statistics, leg pain most often occurs in children aged 3 to 10 years. Their causes are often various injuries (bruises, sprains of muscles and ligaments), but it also happens that a child has no visible causes of pain in the legs. In this case, you cannot do without contacting a pediatrician, since pain in the joints or muscles of the legs can indicate many different diseases.
Let's look at the most common causes of leg pain that occurs in childhood. Of course, only a doctor can make an accurate diagnosis, but it doesn’t hurt parents to know what disorders and diseases can cause leg pain.
Peculiarities of childhood. During the developmental period, a child experiences intensive growth of his legs, and especially his legs and feet. In children under 7–10 years of age, there may be a deficiency of elastic fibers in those places where active growth and tissue changes occur, and this leads to insufficient blood supply. During the day, while the child is actively moving, blood circulation is normal, but at night, blood flow in developing parts of the body worsens. In such cases, parents notice that the child’s legs hurt at night, although he feels fine during the day. A light foot massage helps to cope with pain, as a result of which blood flow increases.
Violation of metabolic processes. If a child's calves hurt, this may indicate insufficient intake of phosphorus, calcium and potassium. This disorder can occur in children over 3 years of age. A child's rapidly developing body requires increased amounts of microelements for normal bone growth, and their deficiency can cause pain in the legs.
Orthopedic disorders. Leg pain in children can occur due to flat feet, poor posture, scoliosis and various joint pathologies, which can be either congenital or acquired. All such disorders lead to a shift in the center of gravity, in which any part of the leg is subjected to increased pressure, which leads to pain. In such cases, the localization of pain can be different: the child has pain in the calves, feet, hip, knee or ankle joints.
Chronic infections and diseases. Pain in the legs of a child can be caused by the presence of an infectious process in the body, congenital pathologies of the heart and blood vessels, the development of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatism or blood diseases. In addition, there are a number of diseases that disrupt the normal mineralization of bone tissue and ultimately cause pain in the legs. These include diseases of the adrenal glands, diabetes mellitus, diseases of the parathyroid gland and other endocrine disorders.
Cardiopsychoneurosis. With this disease, the child’s legs hurt at night or after being in a stationary position for a long time. In addition to the fact that the baby’s legs hurt, the child complains of a headache, lack of air and discomfort in the abdomen and heart.
Minor injuries are the most common cause of leg pain. In such cases, no special treatment is usually required: after some time, mild bruises and sprains go away on their own. But if the injury is accompanied by severe swelling of the joint and severe pain, you will still have to visit a doctor.
Please note: a small child is not always able to sort out his feelings and independently understand that his legs hurt. Does your child complain that it is difficult for him to walk or that his legs are tired, but cannot show where it hurts? This should already be a reason for a medical examination.
It is also necessary to seek qualified medical help in the following cases:
For parents, the health of the child is more important than their own problems. If something hurts a child, parents will be overwhelmed in search of a cause or a method of treatment. The only advice is to quickly consult a doctor. It is useful to read books by Russian pediatricians: Evgeny Komarovsky, the best children's doctor of our generation, often writes.
First, ask why your child is complaining.
Feet play an important role in human life. Having looked at the structure of the lower extremities, foci of potential inflammation are detected: calves, knee joints, shin bones, thighs. The feet, cartilages, ligaments, tendons, and toes are at risk.
The legs do not move without a nerve impulse sent by the brain; useful substances are transported by the blood. Hundreds of nerve fibers, blood vessels, stretch the length of the legs. They hurt more often.
Possible causes of leg pain that do not indicate pathologies of the circulatory or nervous system:
Even if you have any idea about the possible cause, go to the doctor. Read Komarovsky, watch a couple of episodes of his TV program. Once you find out what the parents of a child aged 1-12 are faced with, it will become much easier, you will begin to be nervous less often and less.
If the parent had an illness, or the mother was irresponsible about pregnancy, congenital pathology appears, for example, in the blood vessels and heart. There is often a lack of blood in the legs and they hurt at night. A small child, no older than three years old, constantly limps and falls - he needs an eye and an eye.
When visiting a doctor, you need to clearly name the sore spot. If the baby is 2-3 years old, ask him to show the inflammation with his finger, then talk to the doctor.
Until the child is one year old, a DPT injection is given - the vaccination helps to avoid infection with tetanus, whooping cough, and diphtheria. The legs become the injection site, and problems often arise after the injection. There is nothing scary here; the doctor must warn about the possible consequences of DTP vaccination.
The normal reaction to DTP varies depending on the individual characteristics of the baby. There are manifestations:
Side effects disappear after 2-3 days. Doctors believe that the medicinal component responsible for protecting against whooping cough is to blame. To make DTP vaccination easier to tolerate, it is recommended:
There is no need to be afraid of the DTP vaccine: doctors protect children from serious problems and infections. To avoid tormenting your baby, follow preventive measures. Having done everything correctly, the risk of painful effects on the legs after DTP vaccination becomes lower.
Not all babies under one year old tolerate DTP well. The body reacts to a foreign substance. Severe reactions include:
If you experience the symptoms described, do not waste time looking for the cause - call your doctor immediately.
Often a child of 10 or 12 years old begins to limp and complain of pain. The muscles of the hip bone, knees and shins ache; the pain manifests itself over several years, often occurring without exercise. The pain is not strong, not sharp.
The reason is flat feet. Visit an orthopedist - he will prescribe your child to wear special shoes or insert insoles. A dimple on the foot does not mean the absence of flat feet. Changes develop as you grow, even into adulthood.
Another option is growing pains syndrome. In children 10-12 years old (sometimes from 6), the bones and muscles of the legs grow at different rates, quickly, unevenly, reacting differently to heavy loads throughout the day. If a child grows, complains of aching pain in his legs, or limps, this may be the reason. The calves of the legs hurt more often.
He will have to endure it if the boy wants to become a grown man.
Doctors recommend prescribing proper nutrition, taking vitamin complexes, warm baths to warm up the legs in the evenings, calcium glycerophosphate, which strengthens bones and “calms” the growth rate of children. Give therapeutic massage to children. Do special stretching exercises, ankle flexibility, and exercises in the morning. If after exercise and warm-up your limbs hurt, it is better to postpone this option.
At night, place a heating pad on sore feet - the child will fall asleep easier. Heat increases blood flow in the legs, causing less pain. This is important at night.
In case of growth syndrome, Komarovsky recommends:
Growing pains continue until the onset of puberty; there is no need to hope for complete cessation: if the pain is sharp and unpleasant, growth syndrome manifests itself even after 12 years.
It happens that a child experiences growing pains and is faced with the need to “sit in the doctor’s chair.” Parental attention and heredity play an important role: if a child of 10-12 years old spends time in a hunched state, scoliosis occurs, curvature of posture occurs, obstacles to growth are created - the spine is stretched, and not vice versa.
If the spine changes its axis, the load on the legs increases and is redistributed. The joints of the knee, hip, leg, foot hurt. Often in children the disease manifests itself at night, after relaxation.
If a child has an infection affecting the knee joints, the temperature rises, give an antipyretic drug (Panadol, Nurofen), children's syrup. Depending on the age of the child, the dose is selected. A one-year-old child needs a much smaller dose than a 10-12 year old.
The best way to cure your child is to take him to the doctor! If pain occurs at night, see a doctor in the morning. It happens that your legs hurt from a bruise, your child has torn the skin of his knees, and the only thing he needs is parental affection and care.
Not every child experiences pain. Parts of the knees, feet, fingers, legs, hip bones may not bother you, this is normal. If you're unlucky, don't sit still - the consequences can be unpleasant. The kid complains for a reason. Learn to distinguish between “cunning inflammation” in children and real problems.