Guest guest Posted July 20, 2006 Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 Hi! My name is Chrissy and I have a 7 year old daughter who has been having problems with her knees and legs. This has been going on for 5 years now and can not get a doctor to investigate further on what it could be. They keep dismissing it to " growing pains " . She has no swelling (maybe yet) and because there's no swelling they won't do anything about it. My thinking is why wait till it get's that far. It's been going on for 5 years and from what I understand " growing pains " don't last that long and occur at night. Her pain is behind her knee and upper and lower legs during an activity. She stops playing to rest and will not join soccer even though she wants to because of her legs hurting. She did try T-Ball this past spring but when she was out in the field had to squat down a lot to take the pressure off. We had a field day a couple of months back and she did a lot of running & jumping and was a wreck, laying around the house, complaining her legs hurt, very tired, for the next 3 days because of it. I guess my question is, has anybody experienced this with their child, has JRA been misdiagnosed with " growing pains " , should I be pushing the issue more and how, and what do I ask for as far as testing, exam, dr, etc.? Thanks so much for your help, Chrissy mmisinonil@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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