As growing pains are a thing in adolescents, with bone, joint and muscle aches, why isn’t that pain also constantly present for infants and toddlers who are growing at a much faster rate with their bodies subject to greater developmental stresses?

Question

As growing pains are a thing in adolescents, with bone, joint and muscle aches, why isn’t that pain also constantly present for infants and toddlers who are growing at a much faster rate with their bodies subject to greater developmental stresses?

In: Biology

Answer 1

This might be helpful. I have Ankylosing Spondylitis. Im my patient group, a lot of us had what doctors called “growing pains” but were actually misdiagnosed symptoms of juvenile arthritis, that after a while turned into full blown Ankylosing Spondylitis. So if your kid is complaining, take it seriously, the earlier the diagnosis the better.