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My young son having extreme hand, foot pain nightly. How to help?
About Kids & Teens | Last Active: Jun 23 12:05am | Replies (19)Comment receiving replies
@johnbishop thank you for the feed back and the links. I will check them out. He will have a follow up appointment coming up soon with the rheumatologist. At first I thought growing pains too but his DR told me growing pains are in the legs not in the feet or hands. When she told me that it started to worry me this could be something else. Here's to hoping he's the exception and it is just growing pains that he will eventually grow out of. It's hard on all of us to watch him scream himself to sleep every night. I would take his pain in a heartbeat.
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@jsmith1006 My son has been having the exact same pain, same circumstances (only at night, go weeks with our pain, no pain while playing) My son is almost 7 and has been complaining of this pain for years. Our pediatrician thought it was just growing pains. Ibuprofen was recommended but doesn't really seem to work.
In the last few months it has become more intense. After doing our own research, We (my husband and I) thought my it could be juvenile arthritis. We recently saw a rheumatologist, we ruled out the auto immune diseases, and juvenile arthritis (no swelling, inflammation on his joints) with blood work and X-rays.
We are no closer to having answers. I was hoping you were able to get the pain diagnosed!? I love any insight you have gotten!
We have an upcoming appointment with a pediatric orthodontist
Our rheumatologist suggested an MRI, kind of more of a last resort.