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My 4 year old son having extreme hand and foot pain every night
Every night before bed my 4 year old son experiences extreme pain in his hands and feet. It hurts so bad he screams himself to sleep. However, it's only at night before bed. During the day, he doesn't complain about them and he plays and acts like just like a normal four year old boy would. He takes Ibuprofen but it doesn't help him at all. It has been going on for over a year. It started last year and went on for 6 months. In that time frame, I took him to his pediatrician. She ordered blood work and x rays. His tests came back fine. She was stumped so she referred him to a pediatric rheumatologist. He examined him and looked at all the tests and agreed he had no idea what it could be. I asked if it could be auto immune but he seemed certain it wasn't. He explained some kids get unexplained pediatric pain which he'd eventually grow out of.
Not long after the specialist appointment, his hands and feet stopped hurting. We made it through 5 months with no pain then it came back. It's been 3 months since it returned and we're at our whits end. I can't watch my baby suffer every night. Has anyone else dealt with this before. I need to find a way to help him.
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Hello, I’m looking for guidance or shared experiences. My 5-year-old daughter has been having recurrent foot pain that wakes her up at night over the past few weeks.
The pain happens only at night or early morning (around midnight–3 am). During the day she is completely normal: active, running, playing, no limping or complaints.
The pain moves locations and sometimes alternates feet. It can be in the sole of the foot (especially the ball of the foot, just before the toes), the toes, and occasionally up toward the ankle. She describes it as a burning, tingling, or “bubbles popping” sensation.
There is no swelling, redness, injury, fever, fatigue, weight loss, or daytime pain. Gentle massage and warmth help, and the pain usually decreases after that.
We have just scheduled an appointment with her pediatrician, but in the meantime I wanted to ask if any parents have experienced something similar, or if this could be related to nerves, muscle/tendon tension, foot mechanics, cold sensitivity, or functional/growing pains.
Thank you very much for reading and for any insight you can share.
I find this a very interesting phenomenon. I am involved with after school care: children K thru 6th grade.
There is a little kindergarten girl and she complains of foot pain at times. Her parents tell me she has it at night too...but the physicians can find nothing wrong.
I have watched this little girl, she is a first born. She is cute as a button. She is only six, but I have noted when she does not get her way in some way, or she wants attention, or she doesn't want to participate she gets foot pain. It also happens when she wants to take off her shoes and we won't let her due to insurance rules on the playground.
Just thinking....and postulating that this may be an attention getting behavior?