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What Could Stiff Joints With Painful Shin In A Child Mean?
Hi, my 8 year old son woke up this morning complaining about stiff joints and pain in the shins. He got up limping. However, after an hour and a little bit of stretching, that went away, but his shins are still paining him. I know growing pains occur at nights......please advise. thank you
Thu, 22 Dec 2016
Hi...I understand your concern. I am happy that you know about growing pains which occur at night. But you have mentioned a very important point that the pains are occurring in the early morning which is a pointer towards connective tissue disorder or a rheumatoid arthritis. I suggest that you work him up in those lines.
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
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