Hi, my five year old woke up this morning crying and saying he calfs were hurting him and he couldn't walk. I took him to the doc and they said he has myositis. He had 3 days of fever which finally broke yesterday morning. Pediatrician explained his leg pains are similar to sore muscles during a flu. She made my son hop on each leg, tickled the bottom of his feet to test for sensitivity, and also asks for any other muscle pain. She then advised that the pain should go away in 5 or 6 days. She said blood work was not necessary because his condition at this time doesn't require it.
My husband and I are not so sure. He's never had this kind of pain with all his other fevers in the past. We did some research online and I feel quite worry due to the characters of myositis. The autoimmune part sounds scary to us. We are hoping his leg pain will go away in a few days.
contact me if you would like to discuss ABCM (myositis) I am in the same situation.
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No, as I said previously we have not yet been given any advice as to if this will be an on-going thing or if it was just a random thing. I have to say however that I keep a very close eye on him and at the slightest hint of a fever I ensure I deal with it asap or get him to the Dr's for antibiotics to hopefully avoid any repeats.
I just posted to enigma about my daughter...you can read below....have you heard anything else? I too am scared this will be a more chronic issue and don't know if I should take her in to see someone else? It has happened about 3 months prior with her not being able to walk on only her right leg. If you know of anything, I would like to hear from you also.
I just came upon your post and my daughter was diagnosed with this just yesterday. They too told me to give her ibuprofen, even when she is better, 3 times a day. (which to me was weird) I live in a small town, so am debating on if I should take her to a bigger hospital? Google was kind of scaring me as it could get worse! Have you heard anything more? If so, I would love to hear from you.
I just came upon your post and my daughter was diagnosed with this just yesterday. They too told me to give her ibuprofen, even when she is better, 3 times a day. (which to me was weird) I live in a small town, so am debating on if I should take her to a bigger hospital? Google was kind of scaring me as it could get worse! Have you heard anything more? If so, I would love to hear from you.