Patient's question:
Around the age of three, especially during winter, I often complained of knee joint pain. I consulted doctors multiple times, who said it was growing pains and recommended taking zinc and calcium oral liquid. After taking it intermittently, the pain improved slightly, but now at 15, it still occurs frequently in the autumn and winter. Sometimes it even wakes me up at night. I want to know what medications are available for treating growing pains.Doctor's answer:
Try taking Ginkgo biloba orally and eat more calcium-rich foods.Dairy products: Cow's milk, goat's milk, and their powdered milk, cheese, yogurt, condensed milk;
Legumes and soy products: Soybeans, edamame, green beans, broad beans, tofu, dried tofu, soybean skin, fermented tofu;
Fish, shrimp, crab, and seafood: Crucian carp, grass carp, loach, shrimp, dried shrimp, shrimp paste, crabs, kelp;
Meat and poultry eggs: Lamb, pig brain, bone broth, chicken, eggs, duck eggs;
Vegetables: Celery, rapeseed, carrots, black fungus, mushrooms, etc.;
Fruits and nuts: Lemon, loquat, apples, raisins, peanuts, lotus seeds, etc., are all calcium-rich foods.
It is particularly important to get more sun exposure. At least 2 hours of sunlight exposure per day can produce the physiologically required vitamin D, which can promote calcium absorption.