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4 Yr Old Experiencing Leg Pain with No Injury *Not Growing Pains*
Hey C., Maybe he hurt it or bumped it or it could be growing pains, ... Has your child recently been sick, I notice a lot of the children I x-ray tend to ...
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- My brother just went through this with his 9 year old son. He had an x-ray, which the tech said was fine, but he was still complaining, limping around, and waking in ...
- Has your child recently been sick, I notice a lot of the children I x-ray tend to have had a virus recently. Sometimes the virus will travel through the joints. Just a...
- Hey C., Maybe he hurt it or bumped it or it could be growing pains, My daughter got them so bad it lasted like 2 or 3 days and i rushed her to the doctor and they did ...
Leg Pains
I went through this with my oldest (now 8 years old) and it sounds like growing pains. For some children, they can be worse. Increase his potassium: bananas ...
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- My daughter started with those at about 2 1/2 yrs. They still happen at least once a week. Take notes on when they're occurring (hers are usually evening after an ac...
- Absolutely you should be worried and insist on a second opinion. As a nurse, I see many red flags with the continued severe pain. They do not like to do invasives on c...
- Hi L.. I went through this with my oldest (now 8 years old) and it sounds like growing pains. For some children, they can be worse. Increase his potassium: bananas, pa...
Growing Pains
My question is could it be growing pains and what can I do for him. ... for the pain but yes her body was growing at a faster pace then some children and it ...
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- my son has had that problem over the last few years , I definately think it is growing pains, if it hurt very badly I would give him a child's pain reliever, but the b...
- Hi A., I had growing pains for years and my mom would have to sit on the bed and rub my legs until I fell back to sleep...They were severe many times. Well my daughte...
- I went thru this exact thing with my oldest daughter Jennifer who by the way is now 30 and perfectly fine. I did take her to the Dr. when she was going thru this and a...
Three Year Old Son with Pain in Right Leg
My husband says growing pains- bit I wonder since it's only in one. ... have become convinced of the benefits of this train of thought on children's health. ...
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- If you have the health insurance - it wouldn't hurt to see you pediatrician. Especially if it is making him cry. I would have it checked out.
- L., My suggestion as a mom of 5 and grandma of 7 is if you think it warrents a trip to the doctor, do it! If dad doesn't think it is necessary, tell him "it is for ...
- It sounds a lot like my sons "growing pains". He is 5 1/2 now and has occasionally gotten them the past several years. His are usually at night, in one leg (calf are...
Blended Family Growing Pains
Blended Family Growing Pains. Hi,. I am having a tough time with a family .... The older children just have little experience incorporating a new baby. ...
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- C., My husband and I have blended our families as well. My son is 11 and his daughter is 8. She lives in San Antonio, but spends 6 weeks of summer here in Dallas & ...
- Hi C., This has to be a tough time for ALL of you, but it is probably harder on the 12 year old than the 17 month old. His not wanting a baby to play with video games...
- I had two thoughts. I could be way off base here, and please don't take offense, but I'm wondering if you are making him feel really a part of this new family or just ...
Growing Pains
I was wondering if this was growing pains. I have never dealt with it..." ... There were 8 children and only us 2 had these problems. ...
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- When my daughter had these, I would take a long sock and fill it with rice. I would put the sock in the microwave for about a minut and then wrap the sock around her l...
- Yep, it's growing pains. Both me and my son had growing pains. I would not recommend any drugs. (the FDA has known for over 15 years the permanent damage Tylenol doe...
- My 2 year old son has had growing pains for the last 8 months or so. His are rather frequent, but always at night and we have had him checked out by his pediatrician ...
Growing Pains, Are They Really Painful?
Both of my children had this issue. For us it seemed to come in phases. ... yes growing pains are painful. I remember them myself and I am 42. ...
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- We have been through this with all of our boys. They wake up in the middle of the night screaming because their legs hurt. All we have done is rub their leg and comf...
- I see you have a lot of responses, so I'll keep mine brief. I strongly suggest you see a chiroprator. My chiropractor said that growing IS NOT painful; tho that is t...
- If his legs are bothering him and he has "charley horses" the best thing to do is make sure he gets more calcium. His bones are just growing fast. Best to talk to your...
Growing Pains in 7Yr Old Boy
Which I assume to be growing pains and he has really shot up lately. ... Try giving him at least one a day and a children's tylonal before bed. ...
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- No, there is no getting around it. Most boys go through this more so then girls. It's more like having a bad muscle spasams, the legaments has to stretch along with th...
- I too have a 7 year old that will be 8 in August...He has had the same thing going on with him, but it seems to be more in the evening time then in the morning...We us...
- I had terrible growing pains when I was his age. My grandma told my mom to give me more bananas and some tylonal and this worked great. Something about the potassium...
Growing Pains
Dad says he had growing pains as a kid and this rubbing is the only thing ..... A couple of my children went through a stage of leg pains at night, too, ...
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- I know what you are going thru! My daughter is now 7 and would wake me up crying her legs hurt. I asked my pediatrician and it is growing pains, she is very tall and i...
- I can relate! My son is 5 years old and has suffered from growing pains for years and on a fairly regular basis as your daughter does. I am afraid to say I only just...
- I have a 3(soon to be 4) year old and she too has growing pains. I also massage her legs. But the thing that I find most helpful is a heatiing pad. I wasn't sure if it...
Need Help with Two Year Old with Growing Pains
This should all help IF it's growing pains. Those don't last forever of course.. .if this goes on for ... Giving a bit of Children's Tylenol is a good idea. ...
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- Try the homeopathic arnica, you can get it at Wild Oats or Akins, P. www.healingherbals.org
- Hi B.. My son is now seven but he used to have the same problem. The doctors recommended making sure that my son was getting enough potassium like in bananas and drink...
- Hello B.!! I just had a recent problem with my 3 year old. Come to find out she pulled a muscle. Just to let you know every ped that I talk to told me that a child sho...
