What causes knee pain in children?

As we all know, children are prone to symptoms such as fever and joint pain during their development period. These are some symptoms caused by children's bone growth, so many parents do not worry too much about their children's occasional knee joint pain. However, not all children's joint pain is caused by bone growth. Some diseases can also cause joint pain. So let's take a look at some issues about children's joint pain.

During childhood between the ages of 2 and 16, more than half of children will complain of pain in the knees and posterior calf muscles. The degree, frequency or duration of the pain may vary. If the pain in these limbs occurs occasionally and there does not appear to be anything unusual on the outside, without any redness, swelling, heat or pain, it is likely to be diagnosed as "growing pains", but is it really so? The theoretical basis of the term "growing pains" is that when children's limb bones grow faster, their muscles and ligaments cannot keep up with the same speed and are relatively shorter, thus forming tightness and feeling sore. However, some experts believe that "growing pains" is a misused or misunderstood term. Because many children who complain of pain do not gain any particular height during that period. Therefore, it seems unreasonable that rapid growth causes "growing pains". Thinking from another perspective, many of the so-called "growing pains" have the following five characteristics:

1. The symptoms tend to occur in the afternoon or evening, and some patients may wake up from the pain while sleeping, or the pain may continue until the next morning.

2. It can occur on both limbs, the joints involved are not fixed, and the lower limbs that bear the body weight are the main affected.

3. The patient screams and groans in pain, but the pain lasts less than 2 hours on average, and then the patient becomes calm, as if nothing happened, and moves normally.

4. There is no fever or local redness, swelling, heat or pain.

5. The frequency of attacks is not fixed, but careful observation shows that they are related to longer or heavier gaming sessions.

The joint pain in children caused by bone growth is generally called "growing pains." The above content is about some reasons for children's knee joint pain. Parents must pay attention to their children's joint pain. Sometimes children's joint pain is not due to "growing pains", but may be caused by falls. If you find that your child has joint pain, it is recommended to go to the hospital for examination.