{"id":1557,"date":"2019-12-11T12:58:47","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T12:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/?p=1557"},"modified":"2020-03-04T09:16:23","modified_gmt":"2020-03-04T09:16:23","slug":"growing-pains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/diseases\/growing-pains\/","title":{"rendered":"Growing Pains"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A child who wakes up at night and aches in his legs may have a sore throat if they are completely uncomfortable during the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plant pain can occur at any age but is most common between the ages of three and ten.\u00a0It is not dangerous, although the child can sometimes be very hurt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Symptoms of growing pains<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The following symptoms are common in plant pain:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>It hurts the thighs, lower legs or around the knees.<\/li><li>It hurts in the evening or at night.<\/li><li>It usually hurts both legs, but it can vary from side to side.<\/li><li>It usually hurts for a couple of hours.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>How much it hurts can vary from child to child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some children suffer from problems almost every night, while others have pain once a week or less often.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plant pains do not come during the day and when the baby moves.&nbsp;The cause of plant pain is still unclear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What can I do for myself?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You can massage your baby&#8217;s legs.&nbsp;It relieves at the same time that the child is comforted by having someone with him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Heat can also help.&nbsp;Often it feels nice with a pair of warm socks, leg warmers, or a blanket around the legs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plant pain goes on after a while and always after the end of the growing period.&nbsp;There is no <strong>treatment for plant pain<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Treatment with non-prescription drugs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You can try giving non-prescription painkillers\u00a0if massage and heat are not helpful and if the pain is cumbersome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are painkillers you can give that contain paracetamol.&nbsp;You can also give medicines containing ibuprofen.&nbsp;The drugs should be dosed according to your child&#8217;s age and weight.&nbsp;There are dosing instructions on the packages.&nbsp;Read the instructions carefully so that the child receives the correct dose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When and where should I seek care?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You should contact a&nbsp;health care center&nbsp;if the pain does not bring with them, or if it hurts during the day.&nbsp;You should also seek care if your child has difficulty walking, starts limping, or if it only hurts one leg, or always in the same place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A child who wakes up at night and aches in his legs may have a sore throat if they are completely uncomfortable during the day.<br \/>\nPlant pain can occur at any age, but is most common between the ages of three and ten. It is not dangerous, although the child can sometimes be very hurt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,1816],"tags":[2056,2057],"class_list":["post-1557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diseases","category-skeletons-joints-and-muscles","tag-growing-pains","tag-growing-pains-symptoms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1557"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3988,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1557\/revisions\/3988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}