Patient's question:
Returned home after taking the child out to play. At night when sleeping, it kept hurting my knees, so much that I couldn't fall asleep. I rolled back and forth in bed, not knowing what to do? They said it was growing pains or calcium deficiency, but could growing pains really be like that?Doctor's answer:
Hello, it's a pleasure to assist you. Growing pains refer to pain in the area around the knee joint or the front of the lower leg in children, with no history of trauma in these areas and normal activity. There is no redness, swelling, or tenderness in the local tissues. "Growing pains" are classified as muscular pain, and the occurrence of this phenomenon generally does not require special treatment. The most effective method during pain episodes is to massage the affected area and apply heat to help alleviate the pain.