Hello everyone
I'm new to this so please bare with me, My son Domenico is five years old and he is your typical five year old little boy very full of energy. Nico (Domenico) has four older siblings which has helped him out very much he was speaking full sentences t the age of two which helped him and his father and me out in the long run.You see at about the age two and a half our son started to complain of having really bad pains in his feet and in his legs, at first they would only happen at night while he was asleep and he would then some what wake up screaming and crying as if he had just been severely hurt saying that his legs and feet would hurt. We at first thought that it was just growing pains. As this problem turned into a year of the same thing continuing we made a doctors appoint isn't for him to have this looked into his doctor had another appointment set up to have his blood drawn to make sure all was OK and told us it was just growing pains due to his dad only being 5'1 and me being 5'6. His blood work came back fine the doctor told us give him vitamins every day. Well he is now five he takes his vitamin's every day the pains are still there while he's awake and while he is asleep we made him another doctor's appointment with a different doctor who told us she wanted to do what they call a growth x ray which they did and they told us that his skeletal system was that of a three year old and that he will be going through a massive growth spurt and it is just growing pains this was done back in about February mind our son who his five wears the same size clothing as our two year old nephew our son is only about 3'8 tall and weighs 38 pounds that is only eight more pounds then our 11 month old grandson and the pains keep getting worse and lately he has been complaining of pains in his bottucks as well as his legs and feet. If any one has any information or recommendations on this please let me know and thank you for your time. Sorry so long and jumbeled together
So if he's 3'8", that's 44", and 38 lbs... My daughter is almost 6 and that's about her exact size, so he's not the size of a 2 year old, sorry... The pain is a separate issue, seek out another opinion from a dif doctor.
growing pains can be severe, but i'm a little taken aback that your 2 year old was having such awful pain that he was waking up screaming and crying, yet you waited a year to take him to the doctor? am i reading that right?
and despite the ongoing pain you waited until he was 5 to get a 2nd opinion?
if this is for real, this little boy needs a complete work-up and a comprehensive plan going forward. you can't just tell a tiny boy 'suck it up and remain in agony, it's just growing pains.'
khairete
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I suggest you keep using the doc that diagnosed the skeletal issue. Our granddaughter was waking up screaming often with similar pains.
We took her to the pediatrician, nothing is wrong....
Asked for a referral to a bone doc and he said that she has Osgood Schlatters Disease. BUT it's all over her legs and sometimes in her wrists too. Not just in her knees/shins.
Basically her tendons grow too slow. They take a LONG time catching up to the bone growth.
She has been having this pain since she was pretty young, maybe 3 or 4 years old.
So when she has a growth spurt she has massive pain where the tendons attach to the bone because they are suddenly way too short.
It's extremely painful but the good news is the tendons and ligaments eventually grow enough.
If we hadn't insisted on going to a bone doc we wouldn't have known the name of what she had, what to do, how to explain to her what was going on, and more.
She still has pain because she still has to grow up but now that she understands it she knows stretches will help and heat/ice help at times too.
Poor kid, Tylenol and Motrin only do so much for the pain.
I hope the doc you guys found will be able to help you through this.
Here are some links about it.
http://www.sportsinjuryclinic.net/sport-injuries/knee-pai...
If I'm reading this right, he started waking up screaming at 2.5 years old, and is now 5. You've seen 2 doctors but all you have to go on is a recommendation for vitamins, clear blood work and a diagnosis of growing pains. He's the size of a 2 year old? And he's still complaining of pain?
I'd really suggest that you see a pediatric specialist either in orthopedics or endocrinology at a children's hospital. Get your primary care physician to refer you to a top specialist. This child has been in pain for over 2.5 years and you have no answers. He needs a full work up and you haven't gotten that yet.
Growing pains tend not to be constant.
Our son had some major growth spurts.
At 4 yrs old he was 42" and 42 lbs.
He then shot up 4 inches when he was 4 yrs old, again at 6 yrs old and once more at 8 yrs old - and he'd wake up crying with the pain - but the aches would go away again in a few hours and he'd be fine in between them.
In preschool his teachers were surprised how deeply he slept at nap time and they said he really looked taller in the afternoon - it was like watching him grow before their eyes.
I'm 5'5" and my husband is 6'1".
Our son is now 16 and is now 6'2" - and it's possible he might grow a few more inches before he's finished.
We do have some cousins who are 6'4".
When he was having the pains we tried - vitamins, bananas (for the potassium), heating pad, warm baths, rubbing Aspercream on his arms/legs (his pains were in his long bones areas), etc.
Sometimes it helped and sometimes it didn't.
Keep jotting down his symptoms in a notebook - where/when/how long he has his pains - measure his height/weight (with all these pains he should be making some height gains), etc and take it with you to doctors appointments so you can discuss it with them.
That doesn't sound like growing pains.
Ask to be a referred to a specialist.
Have it looked into.
Sounds like it's been going on too long.
It could be anything so a specialist can help figure it out.
Is he drinking enough water? Muscle cramps can be caused by dehydration.
He may need better quality shoes. He needs shoes with a good arch support.
What kind of vitamins is your son taking? What does he eat regularly? Does he seem healthy except for these pains? And have you taken him to an orthopedic specialist, or what type of doctor?
Maybe a little more info can help someone come up with some suggestions.
Sorry your little guy is experiencing pain.
