8yr old is complaining almost everyday that his knees hurt. Seems to be during the day and late in the afternoon.
He doesn't like nurofen or panodol, I got magnesium lotion but it's not really helping.
He keeps crying but I don't know what else to do.
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Trip to the doctor and podiatrist.
Growing pains, growth spurts can be painful.
My daughter had this. She had an X-ray and it was clear. Dr told us to take calcium supplements. Please go to your dr and request an X-ray.
Please don’t just ignore this. I had severe knee pain growing up, it was ignored. At 31 my knee pain was so extreme that i had a scan and found that i suffered from Osgood Schlatters disease and the pain i suffered and still suffer could have been lessened by proper intervention as a kid. I have a large painful lump below my knee. Despite drs saying this does not cause pain in adulthood myself and many others with OSD still suffer significant pain.
I may be wrong, but you should still get an Xray done to rule out OSD.
Not OP but this is interesting.
I had scans as a child cause of bad pain and they said it was OsGood. I never had any treatment though cause parents were slack.
As an adult I have a lot of knee pain and problems
It’s ridiculous how many adults suffer with pain yet the Drs say it doesn’t cause pain.
Proper treatment as a child does appear to lessen the lump and ease pain, but even then some who have received treatment still get pain.
I’m sorry your parents didn’t seek treatment for you. I wish mine sought help for me
I was also diagnosed with this as a kid. I was never told it doesn't cause pain, the pain was the reason I presented to the doc. I was told to stop playing sport because the more it's used, the more calcium (or whatever it is) builds up. I was also told if it gets too big (or too painful) you have surgery to cut it off. I don't think there is any other treatment, but it has been a long time since I was told this. Its also very common
I said drs say it doesn’t cause pain in adulthood, it is extrememly painful as a child.
I and many others still experience pain as adults despite drs saying OSD does not cause pain in adulthood.
Ah, my apologies, I was skim reading and must've missed it. I definitely get pain as an adult too, mostly when I've used em heaps, but I'm not a sporty person and don't want them to get bigger and then have to get them cut off haha sounds fkn terrifying
All good, i hope one day there is a decent treatment for people like us who suffer from OSD.
OP, i would love to hear the results of your childs Xray when you get it done, i hope it’s not OSD, but if it is, do everything you can to help him now and in the future.
Is he saying anything else hurting I found out I have Sjögren’s syndrome, it started out with my ankles and knees and I was in agony pain and nothing help, I ended you with deep heat and heat packs and ice packs as well another symptom is dry eyes and mouth