Growing children will have leg pain, parents often think it is a sign of calcium deficiency and will be relieved with calcium supplementation, in fact, it is a normal growing pain and has nothing to do with calcium deficiency. However, some leg pains may also be caused by diseases, such as juvenile arthritis and bone cancer, which can cause leg pain. Growing pains mostly occur in the middle of the night Doctors point out that growing pains mostly occur in children aged 5 to 10 years old who are growing. If a child’s bones grow faster than the muscles during the growth period, it will pull on the muscles and cause pain, which is a normal growth phenomenon and parents should not worry at all. This growing pain is easily identifiable and usually occurs in the middle of the night in the knee, ankle joint, or knee joint, and is either numb or painful, mild or severe, and lasts for a few nights before disappearing. The next attack still lasts a few nights and then disappears. There is no redness or swelling in the leg, and pressure on the leg muscles is not painful and does not interfere with walking. Are growing pains a sign of calcium deficiency? Many parents associate leg pain in a growing child with calcium deficiency, but in fact, calcium supplementation has nothing to do with growing pains, and children with adequate calcium may also have growing pains, and calcium supplementation does not help much to relieve growing pains. There is also no relationship between growth and growing pains. Children with growing pains do not necessarily mean that they are tall, and children without growing pains may also grow very tall. How to relieve growing pains Since it is not a pathological phenomenon, is there any way to relieve growing pains? Doctors say that growing pains are normal and no measures are needed. Take some vitamin B1 and vitamin B6, which can play a role in nourishing the nerves and relieving the pain of nerve pulling, but it is not very useful. It is important to note that you should never take painkillers at will and that this pain is not serious enough to require medication. How to distinguish between growing pains and pathological pain Growing pains are muscle pains, and the pain is intermittent; juvenile arthritis will show red and swollen joints, and the location of the pain will change; pathological bone pain pain lasts for a long time, and the pain intensity is high; sprains or fractures, there will be pain when pressed, and the fracture site will be red and swollen; childhood leukemia may also show bone pain, but it may be accompanied by fever, anemia, pallor, and other symptoms, and bone and joints will be painful.