Child Has Leg Pain At Night

It causes cramps and distress in the legs of kids keeping them awake at night but the pain subsides by morning.

Child has leg pain at night. Medical evaluation is needed if your child complains of moderate to severe leg pain wakes up at night because of pain or is unable to bear weight. There are some red flags to watch out for though. Normal pain can be relieved by some home remedies like massage and muscles relaxation.

Although there is no scientific proof that the growth of bones causes pain it is well known that children sometimes experience leg pain often at night for no obvious reason. Most of the causes of leg pain in children however are benign. This is called intermittent claudication.

These nonspecific types of pain are localized to the muscles and improve when the area is massaged in contrast to chronic joint pain or true bone pain which may worsen when the child is moved. Growing pains usually start when kids are 312 years old. Your child wakes up in the middle of the night in pain with a tight grip on their leg.

Brief pains 1 to 15 minutes are often due to muscle spasms cramps. You chalk it up to growing pains and get back in bed yourself. But nighttime leg pain occurs without walking.

Benign nocturnal limb pains of childhood formerly known as growing pains are cramping pains of the thigh shin and calf. If your child also has foot pain flat feet may be causing the leg pain. The pain usually is in both legs and does not involve the joints.

Additionally leg pain accompanied by a fever or weight loss warrants a visit to the doctor as soon as possible -- as does leg pain accompanied by redness or tenderness. Nighttime leg pain could be a sign of the worst form of PAD critical limb ischemia CLI. Muscle spasms cramps and strained muscles overuse account for most leg pain.