Eight-year-old child cries “leg pain”, his family mistook it for growth pain, but did not know he had “osteosarcoma”

Naughty is the nature of children, especially boys, often like to run around in the family, during this period there will inevitably be some accidents, even if the family no matter how much exhortation, children still do not care.

Gradually, when the child is hurt, the family will only comfort the child, not to stop.

Even so, when the child’s body pain situation, parents should also pay attention to, otherwise it is likely to cause irreversible consequences.

I believe we all have a certain understanding of the growing pain of children.

Growth pain is the child to the age of growth and development, the body of calcium substances can not maintain the bone growth needed, there will be a physical pain. This is normal because the pain usually goes away after a while.

But some pains are very much like growing pains, and if parents don’t recognize them, they can affect their children for life.

Some time ago, a child happened to this kind of thing: the child is now 8 years old. He is a typical left-behind child. His parents work outside the home and only go home once during the Spring Festival.

Usually, the baby is taken care of by the grandparents. For the elderly grandparents, the child only needs to be fed and warmed. Otherwise, the child is in a free-range state.

One day the child told his grandfather and grandmother that his leg hurt and hurt all the time. After a brief examination of the child’s leg and finding no wound, the grandparents did not pay much attention to it.

A few days later, the child told his grandparents that his leg was still sore and he wanted to go to the hospital. At this time, the old man scolded the child instead, think the child is in the twee, a little pain can not stand. Because the old people feel that the conditions at home are not good, not very necessary things do not need to go to the hospital.

Three months passed in a flash, and it was time for my parents to go home. When the child saw his parents come home, he immediately told his parents that his leg hurt. At first, the parents did not take it seriously, thinking that it was the pain caused by the growth of the child.

But gradually, the child was suffering from leg pain and cried every day, and even walking became a problem. The child’s sore leg even became red and swollen in one area, and the parents realized something was wrong. They quickly took the child to the hospital for examination, the results found that the child was suffering from bone and flesh “tumor”.

Doctors said that if the baby had been found earlier, he would have been able to live normally. However, because it has been too long, they have no choice but to operate on the baby, but they cannot guarantee that the baby will recover.

It means the baby will probably have to use crutches for the rest of his life, and the parents burst into tears of guilt.

After the incident was uploaded to the Internet, many netizens began to scold the child’s parents, thinking that the parents are very irresponsible, even if they have to go out to work, but also should always understand the child’s health condition, care about the child is, then maybe the child would not appear such a thing.

But what had happened, no matter how much others had done, had only increased the guilt and remorse of the family.

What is the difference between growing pain and “tumor”?

duration

Both growing pain and osteosarcoma can cause pain in children, but their duration is very different.

Growth pain is caused by the lack of calcium in the child’s body. Generally, with the growth of bones, the pain will be significantly reduced for 5~7 days and gradually disappear.

Osteosarcoma is different, because a bone tumor is a disease. It is pathological, and the pain only gets worse over time.

The pain caused by the tumor can last for a month or even several months, and if the child is not treated promptly and properly, he or she may lose the ability to walk.

Unable to use painkillers to stop the pain

Long-term use of painkillers is bad for you, but there are some special times when people use painkillers for pain relief, and this is also true when it comes to growing pains.

Growing pains are physical muscle pain that can be significantly alleviated by taking painkillers.

Osteosarcoma, on the other hand, is completely ineffective with conventional painkillers and must be injected with drugs.

Pain range

The pain is very concentrated, usually in a specific place, and the pain does not spread. At the same time, the pain will get worse over time, and there will be redness and swelling.

Therefore, parents must pay attention to, if the child’s leg pain has been found to be red and swollen, it is necessary to immediately take the child to the hospital for treatment.

Sometimes children do not know what is wrong with their health, so they need to be taken care of by parents and the elderly. However, many parents will leave the burden of taking care of their children to the elderly under the excuse that they are away from home. However, it is neglected that the old people are old, lack of energy and can not take good care of children in many cases.

Therefore, parents must pay attention to, no matter how busy they are, but also to timely understand the children’s life situation, assume their own as a parent’s responsibility.