Growth pain in young children?

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Growth pain is a special physiological phenomenon in children's growth and development period, which is more common in children aged 3 to 12 with normal growth and development. Growth pain is mainly manifested as intermittent lower limb pain. Most of the pain is dull pain, can also be acupuncture like pain, or even severe traction pain. The pain was mostly in the knee joint, followed by the thigh and calf, or in front of the calf bone. Pain is irregular intermittent attack, often appears at night, lasting for several minutes to a few hours, no wandering, limb activity is not limited. There was no fever, rash and other systemic symptoms during the onset of pain. There are three aspects

Growth pain in young children?

The most common site of growth pain is in the front of the knee, leg and thigh, occasionally in the groin area, and the pain is generally outside the joint. It's typical of bilateral pain, but there's also pain on one side.

Growth pain is mainly muscle pain, not joint or bone pain. There will be no redness, swelling or fever in the pain area.

The most common feature of pain is that it occurs almost at night. But don't ignore the day. During the day, due to the large amount of activity of children, even if they feel uncomfortable, children may not be easy to detect because they focus on other things. When the body and mind are relaxed at night and ready to have a good rest, the symptoms of "pain" will make the child feel particularly uncomfortable or even unbearable.

matters needing attention

1. Distraction distraction is an effective way to make your baby ignore pain. Parents can tell stories, play games, play toys and watch cartoons to attract their babies. Treat sick baby more tender and considerate than usual, because parents' encouragement and spiritual support is the most important analgesic prescription for children, sometimes even more effective than drugs. 2. Local hot compress, massage parents can use hot towel to massage or hot compress the baby's pain parts, which can ease the child's tension and relieve the discomfort caused by pain. Massage, we must pay attention to the strength of kneading, let the baby fall asleep under the gentle touch. 3. It's not a disease to reduce the growth pain of strenuous exercise, and it doesn't need to limit the baby's activities. But if the pain is severe, you should pay attention to let the baby rest more, let the muscles relax, and don't carry out strenuous activities.