title: Growing pains: fact or fiction?
abstract: Growing pains are recurrent limb pains peculiar to children. Brief episodes of leg pains occurring intermittently at night are typical, but the clinical spectrum is variable. A diagnosis of growing pains can be made with certainty only after other possible conditions have been ruled out by appropriate studies and after the child has been observed carefully for a period of months. The two diseases most often confused with this syndrome are rheumatic fever and juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. Aspirin and supportive measures are beneficial.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001171:Arthritis, Juvenile / Q000175:diagnosis; D001241:Aspirin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005121:Extremities; D005260:Female; D006128:Growth; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg; D007938:Leukemia / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D012008:Recurrence; D012213:Rheumatic Fever / Q000175:diagnosis; D012737:Sex Factors
chemical_list: D001241:Aspirin