4 Yr Old Experiencing Leg Pain with No Injury *Not Growing Pains*

My brother just went through this with his 9 year old son. He had an x-ray, which the tech said was fine, but he was still complaining, limping around, and waking in the middle of the night with pain, so they continued to pursue it to find the problem. They had an MRI done and they found a spot on his bone which they said could be in infection, or a tumor. At surgery they did find it to be a tumor. It was called a Langerhands tumor - it is benign. HE IS FINE. Langerhands is more prevelant in boys, but I think it usually strikes boys older than your son. Please don't hesitate to pursue it if you think it is unusual. You know what is normal with your child.

Has your child recently been sick, I notice a lot of the children I x-ray tend to have had a virus recently. Sometimes the virus will travel through the joints. Just a thought if you don't have an answer yet. Good Luck! www.DiscoveryToysLink.com/LisaRyan LisaM

Hey C., Maybe he hurt it or bumped it or it could be growing pains, My daughter got them so bad it lasted like 2 or 3 days and i rushed her to the doctor and they did all kinds of tests on her that scared me because they were cancer tests and of course i had to wait a few days for results, but she had them off and on for about 3 months, it got to the point sometimes she couldn't even walk and it disturbed her sleep. All her tests came out and fine and said it had to be growing pains. She hasn't had any since its been a few years, and now my other daughter was the same age saying her leg hurts her real bad, im still getting her checked out but im pretty sure its growing pains. Good luck i hope he feels better soon,
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When my son was four, his day care teacher told us that he was not running around with the other kids when they were blowing bubbles and that we should have him checked out to see what was going on. The implication was that there was something going on emotionally! We took him to our pediatrician who had him strip down to his pants and he observed him walking with a limp. Then he diagnosed him with a five-syllable condition that was a somewhat rare self-limiting virus which would go away by itself in about 3-5 days. There was no treatment other than baby aspirin!

Later when he was 15 he woke up complaining of pain when he walked. This kept getting worse and on day 3 I took him to a foot specialist. It turned out he had growing pains resulting from one leg elongating faster than the other. The condition was also an unpronounceable name and the treatment was a walking cast which he had to wear for 6 weeks! I was amazed at how many similar stories I heard from neighbors.

This is all a part of growing up. My son survived both episodes and is a perfect height.

Hi. I have two kids, a daughter that is 11 and a son who is 8. My daughter often complained of pain in her legs. I don't remember as a child having such pain. I would massage her using pure essential oils that have a natural anti-inflammatory effect to help ease the pain. I use the most therapeutic grade oils available called Young living. They recently came out with a blend for pain which has helicrysum and copal, two very powerful anti-infammatory oils, along with wintergreen and peppermint. Hope this helps.
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Currently experiencing this with my grandchild, having her checked out by a doctor. Causes most likely growing pains but always be persistant with the Dr. and have it followed up on. Keep track daily on child's complaint of where it hurts and note any visual differences from one leg to the other, length, roundness, ect. Had same problem with my son at a young age, it passed but returned at age 12 thru 16. His bones were growing faster than the muscles and ligaments causing pain known as osgoodslaugher (sry for the spelling) Had to wear braces on his legs supporting his knees. It too passed, now 18 tall but healthy. Just remember to be persistant and maybe get second opinion if need be