Is the child often shouting that the leg pain is "growing pain"?

Many parents have experienced such experiences, that is, children say that their legs hurt from time to time, the pain for a while, and sometimes it lasts longer. Is this "growth pain"?

According to the doctor's health clinic doctor of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, growth pain refers to the pain around the knee joint of the child or the front of the calf. Generally, children aged 2-12 are usually occurred at night, and there are no history of trauma in these parts. The activity is also normal, without redness and tenderness. After examination of children, after excluding the possibility of other diseases, it can be considered as growth pain.

At present, it is believed that the growth pain is mostly physiological pain caused by the relatively large amount of children's activity, the growth of long bones, and the growth and development of local muscles and tendons. For example, children have aphrodisiac, feet, etc., which are also related to the metabolic level of vitamin D and calcium. In addition, some children's pain thresholds are relatively low, which may be more prone to growth pain.

Doctors said: When there is growth pain, special treatment is generally not required. The following methods can be used to relieve the pain:

1. Accompany the child more, make games with children, play toys to disperse, and use a hot towel to massage or make the child with a hot towel before going to bed.

2. Reduce strenuous exercise and relax muscle to help relieve pain.

3. Supplement nutrition, maintain a balanced diet, so that children can maintain daily intake of vegetables, fruits, meat, eggs, eggs, milk, etc. In addition, vitamin D is 400-800IU per day.

Finally, parents remind parents that if these methods do not have much effect after trying, they must take their children to the hospital for treatment to exclude limb pain caused by other factors to avoid delaying illness.

Xi'an Newspaper All Media Reporter Wang Chao Zhang Lina

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