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10-year-old child with aches and pains and complaints
Posted: May 19, 2010
My son is 10 years old and complains like an old man. Bless his heart! My heart breaks for him. My husband thinks he is just a drama king (and admittedly he can be at times), but I really and truly believe he is in pain and just has health issues. He tested positive for environmental allergies when he was 7 years old and had allergy shots for awhile, and was on Zyrtec, and a plethora of allergy medications. Now he is only taking Claritin p.r.n. and seems to be doing fairly well in that area. He was also considered a borderline asthmatic but only has to use the albuterol inhaler infrequently now. He mostly had to use it when he was working out heavily, such as training in karate, or just running around playings with his friends. He does not do karate any longer, and only swims at school 2 days a week for about 45 minutes per day, and that is getting ready to stop as soon as school is out. Other than that he gets no exercise, unless we ride our bikes in the neighborhood. He does love to play on the trampoline. He just gets winded so quickly. He gets out of breath just coming up the 3 small flights of stairs we have at home. Recently we were on vacation and did quite a lot of walking and he was complaining that his feet were hurting so badly, he says in the arches of his feet, and his heels. We bought him some arch supports and he said those really helped him, and he was able to continue walking. He is always complaining of something hurting him, his head hurts, his legs hurt. Tonight he says his back is hurting on the right side. I used to think he was just trying to get attention, but now, as I mentioned before, I really do think there's something to this complaining. He doesn't whine about hurting. He just says he hurts and sometimes cries with pain. Does anyone have a clue as to what could be going on? Should I just take him to the doctor for a workup and see if they can figure anything out? I desperately want to help my child. A doctor may be able to do an examination and/or blood tests and come up with something definitive, or they may refer us from specialist to specialist. I'm just frustrated and wonder if anyone has any experience with a child like this.
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Has he been tested for - Happy TTS Chick
[ In Reply To ..]Lyme disease? My son also has these same symptoms, but the "specialists" are trying to attribute them to a neurological disorder called Sensory Processing disorder. I have not had him tested for Lyme though and probably should.
Good luck and please keep me posted.
I would check into - JRA
[ In Reply To ..]that is how a good friend of mine complained when she was a child. Now she is on DMARDs and doing great, has a family and everything is going well.
Aches and pains in children... - Cassandra
[ In Reply To ..]are often attributed to the use of dairy. Dairy is linked to juvenile arthritis, growing pains, asthma, juvenile diabetes, constipation, diarrhea, early maturity in girls and a multitude of other ailments. It just wasn't designed to nourish our children but it was designed to nourish a calf. You can put your children on tons of medications but until you get rid of the dairy in their diets, they will always have health issues. It is the same for adults. After giving up all dairy, my chronic sinus problems and allergies went completely away after 14 years of never being able to breathe out of my nose. I'm a believer. Scoff all you want.
I can tell you this - Snow Bunny
[ In Reply To ..]At this age, any pain in the legs, particularly in the late afternoon and at night, is probably what is referred to as "growing pains." It's an idiopathic condition but seems to be connected to growth spurts. The body is trying to grow but the legs are saying, "uh-uh." Hence, the pain.
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