What causes knee pain in 10-year-old children?

There are many cases of knee pain in children. Some children will also experience knee pain when they grow and develop. So what is the cause of knee pain in 10-year-old children? What usually causes knee pain? If a child has knee pain, he must rest in time and never exercise excessively, which is not good for recovery. So what causes knee pain in children?

1. Growth reasons: Growing pains are a common phenomenon that causes joint pain in children, especially in children aged 3 to 8 years old. Because bones grow rapidly, while the surrounding nerves, tendons, and muscles grow relatively slowly, pulling pain will occur. The pain usually occurs above and below the knee joint, and is aching or tingling, mostly in the evening or before going to bed. The pain lasts for a few minutes and rarely exceeds an hour. The pain has no obvious fixed location and is not accompanied by redness, swelling or heat. The pain will disappear quickly if hot compress or light massage is applied.

2. Hip synovitis: It is a common disease that causes knee pain in children aged 3 to 10 years old. It is common around 5 years old and is mostly unilateral, with acute hip pain or radiating to the inner thigh and knee. It is more common in boys than in girls. The child is unwilling to walk or has a limp on the affected limb when walking. There is no joint swelling, but there is localized tenderness. MRI examination shows a small amount of joint effusion. The pain may go away within hours or days. What should you do if your child has knee pain? Click here for online consultation with experts at Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine for Rheumatology.

3. Avascular necrosis of the femoral head: In most cases, patients will experience unexplained limping, difficulty squatting, and pain on the inner side of the knee, but no local tenderness; tenderness in the center of the affected hip, internal and external rotation of the hip may induce pain, or partial limitation of movement; in the late stage, the pain is relieved or there are no symptoms, the affected limb muscles atrophy or the lower limb shortening, and the hip joint movement is slightly limited or normal.

4. Rheumatic fever: causes pain in large joints such as ankles, knees, hips, wrists, elbows, and shoulders, that is, rheumatoid arthritis, which may be accompanied by varying degrees of joint swelling and tenderness. The pain is short-lived and sometimes subsides in just 1 to 2 days. If not controlled, it can cause rheumatic heart disease.

5. Other diseases: Other diseases that cause knee pain include allergic purpura arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, acute hematogenous osteomyelitis, acute suppurative arthritis, traumatic fractures and dislocations, etc.

Knee pain is indeed very common in 10-year-old children, especially at around 10 years old. If knee pain occurs, you must see a doctor in time and check whether there are some diseases in the body. Only timely attention and timely prevention and treatment can relieve knee pain and prevent many problems in the body.