My son is just about 2 years old. This week he got sick with a fever so we took him into the doctor, they found no strep and no ear infection...so said it must be a virus. Anyway, at the same time, he seemed to start to have issues with his legs, the doctor checked his legs and seemed to find no joint issues. She ran some blood and found no abnormalities in white blood cell count and ran further tests.
The last two days, in the morning and evenings his legs seem to bother him, he fusses when we touch them, but during the day he runs around just fine. He fusses when we lift them up to change him and he doesn't like standing or walking much. This morning when I dropped him off at daycare, he tried walking but it was very slow and labored.
Do you think it's growing pains? Any ideas what it might be. He doesn't have a fever anymore, so I don't know if it's related to or caused by what ever caused the fever. If he's still got issues in a week we are going to call his pediatrician and see if she can see him again. Has anyone else had anything like this happen?
My eldest son (now 16) had growing pains regularly from about 2 until he was almost 10! Late at night or in the morning is when they would come, sometimes waking him up. We finally got into a routine that he would come find me or crawl into bed with me, and I would masssage his calves until he felt better, or usually fell back asleep. We never tried Advil or anything, because he really hates medicine. Good luck!!
I have juvinille arthrits which did manifest similar to the minus the fever.
I rmember my legs hurting at night when I was a little girl - very painful. When my son complained about his legs hurting I put a couple drops of geranium oil on them and the pain stopped right away. It could have been caused by a growth spurt or lack of nutrients, but the geranium oil solved the problem.
Sounds like growing pains to me too. My 5 year old has been having them off and on for about 2 years. His are usually at night though and I can always tell because he thrashes around a lot and then wakes up crying saying his legs hurt. I give him Tylenol and that does the trick. He goes right back to sleep. I wouldn't worry as long as it seems intermittent. If it becomes constant pain then I would be concerned and take him back to the doc.
It might be growing pains. My kids have leg pains when they run all day too. Have you tried a chiropractor he might have something out of line and that could cause his legs to hurt.
J.
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Whenever I get a virus, I inevitably get leg pain...it is like the virus settles into my muscles before it leaves my body. It gets to the point where I can't sleep at times, and it always correlates with either the flu or some other seasonal nastiness. Hope your son feels better!
My older son (6) had leg pains all the time, but never lasting more than a couple of days (at least not that he complained about it). We did the whole lotion, and aspercreme, and children's tylenol, and Chiropractic. For him, it was not getting the nutrition in his diet when he was going through a growth spurt. He hated the Aspercreme, but it helped him sleep.
I don't know if this helps much. What I find frustrating with kids is that when something is wrong (and we know it's wrong as a parent), the doctor's tell us it's fine or they will outgrow it. That's why we put more of our faith in Chiropractic.
I would call his pediatrician now and tell her what's going on. Don't wait a week. And if she says its nothing, but you still aren't comfortable and your son is still having problems, go see another doctor. I love my pediatrician but he totally missed diagnosing my son once. Doctors do not know everything. They are simply making very educated guesses most of the time. You are his mother and you know when something is wrong.
It may be worth it to ask your Dr. to do an ESR and pay a visit to a rheumatologist. There are certain viruses that can lead to transient arthritic pain that should not last long (ex. flu). I am no expert but I thought that growing pains where usually at night??
Hi T.,
I completely believe that they are leg pains/growing pains. They can happen at any age, mator of fact I think they may be hereditary. I got them until I was late in my teens and I think they were passed on. I hope that he can get some relief because they can be extremly painful. Goodluck!
when your not feeling well your alignment can get thrown out of whack and be very painful.
Bring your son to a chiropractor...children are the easiest to adjust, it could probably go away with one treatment.
I am going tomorrow, since I have been sick my C1 and C2 and my T1 and T2 (vertabras) have been inflamed and I can hardly bend over or turn my head it hurts so much...but after tomorrow I should be doing much much better, honestly I cannot wait.
Going to a chiropractor is a much much better alternative than giving medicines to a child.
I agree that it sounds like growing pains. On the other hand, my son had similar symptoms when he was 3 year old. It was transient synovitis. It basically is a virus that settles in the hip joints before clearing up. It didn't last long. Here's a link to more info:
http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/children/par...
Skip the pediatrician if they are dismissing it and seek out a rheumatologist that will see children. Growing pains should not be that painful, especially to the touch. Sounds like a muscle/bone issue........my cousin's child had this and he had an infection in the connective tissue between his muscle and bones. Good luck.
Hi T...
We have a 3 year old and we have dealt with the same thing. We have seen 2 different pediatricians and it has ended up that it is growing pains. There is nothing that they can really do for them. We were told to give them tylenol/motrin for the pain and just keep them comfortable. He hasnt had them as much lately but when he does we know that we just need to make him comfy.
My husband and I are also having our 5 year anniversary in October so congrats to you and Happy Anniversary. We have 2 boys 10 and 3 and a new little boy on the way in December. If you want to talk please let me know.
