Joint pain in Children can be quite common as they go through growing pains this normaly occurs between 5 and 9 yeat olds the joints are adjusting to the new body as the bones lengthen,
There can be a serious medical conditions that can result in Severe Joint pains, that may need to be checked out by your Doctor,
These could be Lyme Disease,
Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
Can caused by Rheumatic Fever.
Joint pain might be related to growing pains.
Joint pain might be related to growing pains.
Most children will suffer from Growing pains and will often have disturbed Sleep as a result of it Its caused be The Joints adjusting to the Bones Lenghthning as the skeletal body is continually growing, This can result in sleepless nights orand children having Nightmares
Strained Joints
straining of joints,is another reason of Complaint from Children this is often caused by be over use of the joints, especially in children that do a lot of activiries,
the joints can get over stressed in extreme use
The Treatment
Is generally Resting the joints to avoid any permanent Damage
Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis A very severe joint pain that is fairly Serious,and often at first hard to diagnose as the symptons can often come and go so So the Child will have Bad days and good days as well,
Visible signs Swelling of the joints in the feet Hands Elbows Feet Shoulders
These Symptoms are often mistaken for growing Pains and so can be left untreated for many months, This condition oftens resolves itself when the Child gets older
Treatments
If you are Worried see Your Doctor
There are some very good Ointments that will ease the pain on thes painful Joints