Symptoms of growing pains

Many children will experience growing pains during their growth and development, and some parents often ignore these symptoms, which has a certain impact on their children's development. Growing pains refer to pain around the knee joint or the front of the calf in children. There is no history of trauma to these areas, the activities are normal, and there is no redness, swelling or tenderness in the local tissues. After examining the child and excluding the possibility of other diseases, it can be determined that it is growing pains.

Growing pains are mostly physiological pains caused by children's relatively large amount of activity, rapid growth of long bones, and the lack of coordination with the growth and development of local muscles and tendons. The clinical manifestations are mostly lower limb muscle pain, which often occurs at night. It is physiological pain caused by the uncoordinated growth and development of local muscles and tendons.

Growing pains are a physiological phenomenon unique to children's growth and development period, and are more common in children aged 3 to 12 years old with normal growth and development. Growing pains mainly manifest as intermittent lower limb pain. The pain is mostly dull, but can also be stabbing or even severe pulling pain. The pain is mostly located in the knee joint, followed by the thigh and calf, or in the front of the calf bone. The pain occurs intermittently at irregular intervals, often at night, lasting from a few minutes to a few hours, without migratory nature, and without restriction of limb movement. The pain is not accompanied by systemic symptoms such as fever and rash. There are two main manifestations:

1. Mostly pain in the lower limbs. The most common sites of growing pain are the front of the knees, calves and thighs, and occasionally in the groin area. The pain is usually outside the joints. Typically the pain is bilateral, but unilateral pain may also occur.

2. Mostly muscle pain. Growing pain is mainly muscle pain, not joint or bone pain. There will be no redness, swelling or heat in the painful area.

The pain often occurs at night. The biggest characteristic of growing pain is that it almost always occurs at night. During the day, children are more active, so even if they feel uncomfortable, they may not notice it because they are focused on other things. When the body and mind have relaxed at night and are ready to have a good rest, the "pain" symptoms will make the child feel particularly uncomfortable, even unbearable, so parents must pay more attention.