For most children, they are active by nature and have a very large amount of activity every day, such as jumping and other behaviors. These behaviors can easily lead to leg injuries, and leg pain will occur.
But with proper rest, this leg pain phenomenon will be alleviated in a short period of time. However, many children will also have repeated leg pain without being hit by trauma. So there are many parents who want to know what are the reasons for this phenomenon.
What are the causes of frequent leg pain in children?
First, the body is deficient in calcium
If the child repeatedly has leg pain in the daily life, it will also be accompanied by frequent cramps at night, usually due to calcium deficiency in the body. Children are at the peak of growth and development, whether it is the normal development of teeth or bones, it is inseparable from the support of calcium.
Children who are at the peak of their growth in life have a very high demand for calcium. Once the diet is not well regulated, or the child grows too fast, it will lead to a lack of calcium in the body.
Calcium can not only maintain the normal development of bones and teeth, but also maintain the normal function of nerves, muscles, and body fluids, and can maintain the normal contraction of muscles.
If there is a lack of calcium in the body, it will cause pain in the bones due to the lack of calcium ion supplementation, and it will cause abnormal muscle contractions and cause twitching pain. And when sleeping, there will be repeated cramps in the calf area.
2. Synovitis of the knee joint
If your child has leg pain, it is accompanied by burning redness and swelling of the joint area. Especially when performing some activities, this pain sensation in the joint area can be very intense. Even children may have restrictions on joint movement and symptoms of local skin temperature increase, which is usually related to synovitis of the knee joint.
Because the child's nature is more active, it is easy to sprain or encounter violent impact behavior, which will lead to congestion and rupture of the synovium in the knee joint, resulting in a large amount of fluid. If lymphatic circulation is obstructed, it will cause inflammation of the synovial membrane.
3. Viral infection
Some children have leg pain because they are infected with some viruses. For example, when suffering from acute upper respiratory tract infection due to infection with the virus, it will cause the virus to invade the body, resulting in local muscle infection, resulting in infectious myositis, which will cause repeated leg pain in the child.
Especially after being infected with the influenza virus, in the child's calves and thighs, there will be muscle tenderness or swelling and extreme fatigue and fatigue, accompanied by a series of influenza symptoms such as fever, cough, sore throat and so on.
Fourth, growth pain
If your child only experiences pain in the knees and calves and anterior thighs at night, it is usually caused by growing pain.
Because the child's activity is very large, the bone growth rate is faster, which will lead to uncoordinated growth and development of long bones and local muscle tendons, which will cause a series of physiological pain. If it is caused by growth pain, then the child does not have any redness, swelling, burning and other discomfort in the area where the pain occurs.
All in all, if the child often has leg pain in daily life, excluding some trauma factors, it is generally related to the above 4 types of factors. In addition, if the child has leukemia or bone cancer, it will also cause leg pain, accompanied by some other general discomfort.
Therefore, when the child recurs leg pain, it is best for parents to take the child to the hospital for a series of examinations, and then according to the cause and corresponding treatment, in order to maximize the maintenance of the child's physical health.