Apr
the muscle contracting. My husband and I forced her to drink some water and walk around the room. She had the same thing happned after her nap. My hubby suffers from muscle cramps sometimes, and said that he’d them when he was a boy, but not at such a young age. I’m a bit freaked, and have been doing research. I know it could be lack of pottacium (she is alergic to bananas so possible) and calcium (she eats a well balanced diet with lots of veggies and drinks whole milk) but I’ll ask the doc. to do a blood test. Has your 2.5 year old experienced this? She has also been running a low grade fewer for the past 4 days with no other visible symptoms (we took her to the doc. to rule out ear infection) If you’ve had this with your 2.5 year old, or have ideas other then low potassium/dehydration, please share.
Thank you.
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It might be a problem in the neurons in her muscles. The sodium (Na) and potassium (K) pumps might not be working correctly, so sometimes muscle spasms occur. If you are concerned, talk to her physician about it and give her a banana or something else with potassium in it, it will help. Otherwise it may be just a Charlie Horse…
EDIT: I'm the student. I had problems with this when I was her age (they were horrible in my legs and arms) and my pediatrician suggested more potassium. When I took AP Biology this year and AP Chemistry last year, I learned why I was feeling these horrible cramps.
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sounds like a cramp
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My daughter has been having leg cramps off and on since that age. It sounds like to me that you have covered everything until you can see the doctor. For our daughter it is the potassium/calcium thing so we up the intake of those things and she does better - it is also worse when she has been very active. If we did a lot of running/walking that day we try to add bananas to her supper and that helps (I guess bananas are out for you but I am sure you know what else give your daughter)
Good Luck, I pray all is well.
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There are other foods that are high in potassium, such as baked potatoes and dried apricots. Calcium comes in spinach, salmon, and enriched juices. Try giving her those, or give her a supplement. If the problem disappears when you increase potassium, calcium, and water intake, don't worry. If the problem continues, I'd ask a physician. Some people suffer severe leg cramps each night, and I've seen every remedy from a bar of soap between the sheets to lavendar oil on the pillow touted as effective cures. You can also try easy things like rubbing the muscle or giving her a hot bath. You pediatrician should be able to give you some sound advice, so ask her.
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I'm guessing its muscle spasms caused by low potassium. Here's a link to a website that has a list of other food sources of potassium since she's allergic to bananas. And definitely let the doc check her over as well!
http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/foodnu…
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My son is 4.5 and often wakes up in the morning or during the night saying his legs hurt. I have yet to figure out if he is having “growing pains” which can happen to kids as told to me by a pediatrician. It could also be a number of things : her legs fell “asleep” you know that numb feeling - and she could be slightly dehydrated. You might give her pedialite daily to make sure she has enough electrolytes, or Gatorade. I would think low potassium is a factor.
And of course check with her physician.
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i have a 4 year old tiny girl and every single time she runs fever she complains that her legs injured. this has been happening well i guess as long as she's been able to speak and tell me. i always just associated it with the fever. usually when they’ve fever with no other symptoms it's just a viral infection. i always feel so bad for her because it looks like she is in so much pain. let me know if you find out what's causing it!!! hope it's nothing serious, just side effect from the fever.
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to the first answer she just said her daughter was ALLERGIC to bananas which means she has the ability to not have them but it sounds like shes having leg spasms rubbing them can relieve the cramps and try to find things other then bananas that are high in potassium
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please consult your physician very soon
something similar happened to one of our students, her diagnosis was very serious
if it is just potassium, can she eat sweet potatoes (lots of potassium there)
what happens with some pedialyte?
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Never had it happen. Would seek med. care A.S.A.P. The fever with no apparent cause would worry me greatly.
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take her to the Dr or ER now. this is not a normal thing and show other signs of dehydration before muscle cramps
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I've never had this happen to a child, but I know it happened to me a LOT when I was pregnant. I'm not allergic to bananas, I actually eat them daily, but during pregnancy I just couldn't shake the cramping. My doctor suggested sports cream (ben gay or the like) before bed to help and it worked wonders. I am not sure if something like that can be used on a child that young, but it'd be worth asking your physician about. Good luck to you! I hope you find out what's causing them and find a way to prevent them from now on for her!
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A lot of adults/children get these muscle spazzms when they’re sleeping, called “dead legs” or “charley horses”. Yes, get it checked out by a doctor, but if it is simply a charley horse I would suggest giving your 2.5 year old a banana every day or taking potassium supplements to help the cramps. Also, drinking a lot of water is good too it helps loosen up the muscle.