My poor 5 year old suffers nightly with sevear leg cramps. Dr just claims growin!

Question: My poor 5 year old suffers nightly with sevear leg cramps. Dr just claims growing pains... HELP!?

For most of my son's young life he has suffered from massive leg cramps. Even from as young as a couple months I can recall him waking up kicking and having a rock hard calf. It seems to act up when he has been very active earlier that day. However, it has become a nightly issue and keeps him from sleep. I have talked to several doctors and they say its just growing pains. My gut says otherwise because now the pains are showing up during the day as well. Someone please help me. My poor baby is in pain and I just want to make it stop. :(

Answers:

He needs a diet rich in potassium foods. What might help is to find some exercises for children on the Internet to stretch his legs out before he goes to bed .Search for Achilles Tendons and calf exercises. It might take some time but you will find some. Make it game every night before he goes to sleep. Occasionally, children do have growing pains but not all the time. Do you see a Family Doctor or do you see a Pediatrician? I hope it is a Pediatrician. There are several things that I would be concerned with;. Juvenile Diabetes, Osteoarthritis or he may have an Iron or Calcium deficient from birth.Could he have been exposed to lead?. You can have him tested for lead poisoning. There are so many products that have lead in them from toys to paint on the wall.

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