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Symptoms of disease - pain of growth in children

Growing pains are common harmless temporary pain, emerging pain in the limbs of a growing child. However, the cause of their appearance is not the growth of the child, and the greater the load on still not quite tender bones and muscles. Almost all children, especially children in the age of from 6 to 12 years, experiencing pain in the limbs, although sometimes they are so weak that may go unnoticed. Basically, pain in the extremities, exacerbated by increasing physical activity.

Which diseases there is pain of growth in children

The most often a child presents with pain growth in the thighs, calves and feet, but can also occur in other parts of the body, which account for a large load, for example, in the hands. It is characteristic that they appear in the child only when he is resting. The child feels difficulty and limitation of motion of the joints. There are no any signs of the disease, and pain in the extremities, in the main, do not have an impact on the day of the child.

Muscle cramps, representing a painful contractions of muscle fibers, with strong pain can last from a few seconds up to several hours. Cramps can be very weak, and very strong (such, from which the child wakes up at night).

Pain growth in children differ from other pain in muscles and bones of the fact that they appear only during the holidays. If the pain is severe or permanent, you should consult with a physician, is not the cause of the pain of another illness, such as sprains, fractures or inflammation of the muscles, caused by previously transferred flu, arthritis, or bacterial osteomyelitis (bone infection). Should conduct a medical examination of the child and to make the x-rays.

Which doctor should I contact if there is a pain of growth in children

• Orthopedist-traumatologist

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Do you feel hurts of growth in children? You should be very careful approach to your health in general. People pay not enough attention to the symptoms of the disease and don't realize that these diseases can be critically dangerous. There are many diseases that in the beginning didn't manifest in our body, but in the end it turns out, unfortunately, it have already been treated too late. Every disease has its own specific features typical symptoms - called symptoms of the disease. Definition of symptoms is the first step in the diagnosis of diseases in general. You just need a few times a year to be screened by a doctor, not only to prevent a terrible disease, but also to maintain a healthy spirit in a body and the organism in general.

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