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amother

OP ↓

Sun, Oct 27 2024, 1:53 pm

Has anyone's toddler had leg/knee pain? To the point where they couldn't walk? My child has been complaining about his knee when walking far etc but today he couldn't walk for a few minutes. Obviously called the Dr right away and BHBHBH he didn't seem concerned. I'm freaking out though, has anyone else had anything like this and everything was ok??

Perly1

Sun, Oct 27 2024, 1:56 pm

Can be growing pain but do check his shoes. Grandson was in so much pain and it turned out his shoes were too small.

amother

Aquamarine

Sun, Oct 27 2024, 1:56 pm

It’s not uncommon. I’ve heard of it being strep, a virus, a missed fracture etc.. I’d go for a strep test, bloodwork and xrays. Sometimes doctors are too chilled I’d rule out anything serious.

amother

Pewter

Sun, Oct 27 2024, 1:56 pm

Myositis? Strep? Lyme?

amother

Lily

Sun, Oct 27 2024, 2:05 pm

amother Aquamarine wrote:

This.
I'd check for strep, lyme and other tick borne diseases.
Also check magnisium levels. Even if it's within range, you can do a topical application. Helped one of my kids with lots of similar type issues. (Turned out she had a chronic tick borne illness. But even before we treated the underlying issue, the magnesium helped with pain and symptoms)
Also shoes even if the size is right, some shoes are bad for kids feet. One shoe that's good for one kids feet can be bad for another kid.
I had that once with one of my kids. Full prices, professionally fitted shoe. Shes been wearing it for weeks. But once it stretched it hit wrong. We got new shoes, within 2 days she was all good. No pain since.

Saying "growing pains" is like calling crying babies "colic" there is always an underlying reason. And most of the time it's not too challanging to figure it out if you put your mind to it.
And sometimes it's not possible so you just deal with the symptoms until they "outgrow" it.

amother

Amethyst

Sun, Oct 27 2024, 2:08 pm

Take a blood test and see if white blood cell count is high if yes its a sign of infection

amother

Green

Sun, Oct 27 2024, 2:16 pm

Does the child have fever? Is there a bump or redness around the knee? Does it feel warm to the touch?
My toddler had knee pain which ended up being an infected knee bone. But she had fever as well.

amother

Oak

Sun, Oct 27 2024, 2:24 pm

Every time my son started limping and complaining of knee pain, we ran for a throat culture and was always strep

amother

↑ OP

Sun, Oct 27 2024, 2:59 pm

He had fever for a few days over yt so we couldn't bring him to the dr till tomorrow... no redness etc

amother

Tiffanyblue

Sun, Oct 27 2024, 3:00 pm

My kid had this when he had strep. Couldn’t walk because of knee pain

amother

Tangerine

Sun, Oct 27 2024, 3:13 pm

My oldest had this a few times - turned out each time she needed new shoes. It wasn't obvious from the fit, but I guess the shoes had worn out or started not fitting correctly after some time. Try getting your toddler new shoes and see if it helps.

amother

Winterberry

Sun, Oct 27 2024, 4:51 pm

Could be Post viral synovitis.
Ask your doctor.
Treats with Motrin.
Two of my kids had it.

amother

Linen

Sun, Oct 27 2024, 5:15 pm

one child suddenly grew so his pants was straining on a certain point causing him terrible pain.
another kid gets terrible pain if they dont have enough milk or yogurts often enough
myself and one of my kid often twist our ankle from plain basic walking, as a toddler he couldnt express why it was hurting but he was limping from it every time it happened, went to dr often for it. Now that he is 5 and expresses when it happened, I made sure to get him high-top shoes, I hope it gives more support.

giftedmom

Sun, Oct 27 2024, 7:08 pm

In my experience growing pains doesn’t actually cause a kid to limp. The only time my kid was actually limping was from strept. But every kid is different.

tweety1 ↓

Sun, Oct 27 2024, 7:21 pm

giftedmom wrote:

In my experience growing pains doesn’t actually cause a kid to limp. The only time my kid was actually limping was from strept. But every kid is different.

My experience too. Synovitis also caused my kids to limp.

shoesandbows ↓

Sat, Nov 16 2024, 7:09 pm

when you say checking for strep- does that mean a throat culture or blood work?

↑ tweety1 ↓

Sat, Nov 16 2024, 7:55 pm

shoesandbows wrote:

when you say checking for strep- does that mean a throat culture or blood work?

It could be either or. I had more than once that it only showed up after complete blood work was taken. Not just a cbc finger prick.

↑ shoesandbows

Sat, Nov 16 2024, 8:08 pm

tweety1 wrote:

It could be either or. I had more than once that it only showed up after complete blood work was taken. Not just a cbc finger prick.

ok but not a reg throat culture I assume...

amother

PlumPink

Sat, Nov 16 2024, 8:32 pm

Vitamin deficiency can cause this. Get a blood test

↑ tweety1 ↓

Sat, Nov 16 2024, 10:11 pm

shoesandbows wrote:

ok but not a reg throat culture I assume...

A regular throat culture sure can. Kah between all my kids, I've found out through various different symptoms. One kid every time she had strep she had only a very low grade fever for 2/3 days. Another kid vomited once randomly. Most people would've dismissed it. I decided not to. It was strep. Another kids behavior became out of control like crazy. I was convinced the kid had strep. It took 6 weeks of weekly cultures to get a positive. (My dr told me it's makes alot of sense. He explained the science to me). Strep is one of those things that can manifest itself with a slew of different symptoms one unrelated to the other.

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