To get my daughter looked at by another gp?

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My dd who is 3.10 has been getting pain in her calf/feet at night time for quite a while now, I have recently realised that wearing socks at night relives this as it doesn't happen when she does, but if she doesn't wear any socks she will wake up will pain one night it was 6 times in 1 night.
I took her to the gp last week and he checked the pluses in her feet they were fine so he said it couldn't be a circulation problem and that was it basically said if socks help to keep wearing them at night and sent me on my way with no other explanation? Should I go back and see someone else or will they just tell me the same thing? Have any of you experienced this with there child? She is currently awaiting assessment for ADHD/autism and I know there can be a lot of comorbid things that go along side them diagnosis didn't know it is being caused by something I should be looking into or not. Tia

Stupid question?! Does she have any speech delay? Could it be cold feet rather than any other type of pain? Does she suffer with cold hands or feet normally?

Is her feet getting cold and this is why they are hurting or cold feet giving her cramp?

As above really. DS2 is hearing impaired and as a result his speech was very delayed. He would often talk about things hurting when he meant hot/cold etc.

Could potentially be a comfort thing (AND children are creatures of habit and liking things a certain way).

My first thought was it sounds like a sensory/ comfort thing.

Strangely ds who is autistic won't sleep without socks.

Sorry autocorrect. Should day ASD not and!

I'm not autistic but I can't sleep without socks on!

As she is awaiting assessment is she currently under a peadjateican? If your worried mention it at the next appointment

No she doesnt have a speech delay there are certain things she does to do with speech that has caused her preschool to get the speech and language specialist in but day to day she can communicate fine especially with me.
Also when it happens i rub her feet to try and releave the pain and they are not cold.
For a while she went through a stage of not wanting her socks of i would have to quickly change then while she screamed and then she would be fine, that has stopped now and she will often just take them off she did today at soft play and i kept having to tell her to come to me so i could put them back on.
She is not under pediatrician at the moment the health visitors referred us about a month ago and am currently waiting for a first appointment which i have been told can take up to a year!!

could it be growing pains|? Two of my children suffered with mystery pains in their legs at night. I just used to give them Nurofen and that sorted it out.
Even now 12 yo DS will often complain of 'sore legs' and take some Nurofen before bed. He has Aspergers too funnily enough.

Just let her wear socks if it solves the issue. It's a bit of a non problem so why fret and go through more appointments unnecessarily? No serious illness is linked to the desire to wear socks.

I have temperature regulation issues, always have had. I can feel the total opposite 'inside' to how my skin feels to others, so I wouldn't assume her feet are warm enough, just because they feel warm to the touch.

Can you explain what the issues with her speech are?

Could be a sensory/comfort thing and she can only describe it as 'hurting'. Try putting a weighty blanket, or tuck in something lighter firmly, over her lower legs and see if that makes any difference.

Crumbs. I wouldn't just leave it. She's waking up in pain if she doesn't wear socks to bed, that's not right.

It could be growing pains, but it's not that common in such young children. I had them a lot when I was older, I mean LOADS. All those 'growing' pains & I'm not even 5ft. 😂

Might be worth checking her arches? My daughter has quite flat feet, her muscle pain is in the ankles/calves. Podiatrist at the hospital gave her some inner soles to wear. Just an idea. Kids do get strange aches from growing pains, which I used to get and my kids do too. It's horrible when you want to fix something and can't but hope it goes away.

It does sound like her feet are either cold (to her) or uncomfortable without socks on, and she's verbalising this as saying they hurt. If she has ASD, she may be more sensitive to the weight/feel of the duvet on her feet. If putting socks on helps, I would just keep putting socks on her.

A1sharon it could be just growing pains but has been going on for months and months now and just wanted to rule anything else that can be helped out.

crumbs its not a desire to wear socks, as said in my second post she doesn't mind not having socks on any more, the other night she had a major meltdown because i was trying to put socks on her for bed to prevent the pain but she didn't want to and couldn't understand it was to stop her from waking up with the foot pain she gets, she eventually let me and didn't wake up in pain that night but i can guarantee if she doesn't wear hem she will wake up at some time in the night in pain.

Annie ah ok didnt know that, regarding her speech there are a few things some of which i cant remember right now but there all written down in a notebook ill have a look in a min, but the main one is selective mute-ism she will not talk to strangers or people she doesnt no well wont even talk to me when in the same room as them.

Growing pains are often a sign of vitamin d deficiency. Try some vitamin drops for around 6 weeks to see if it gives any benefit

Springtown has some good advice, I'd try that too. Meant to add my daughter wore tubular bandages for a bit and there's nothing wrong with socks in bed, I still do when my feet are like ice-blocks.

If it's cured by socks let her wear socks. Problem solved.

spring thank you will try that.

dish i will have a closer look at her arches but i would of thought the doctor would of picked up on flat feet when he looked at her.

wyfofbath It is a solution atm but surely cant be a long term one as im worries she will get uncomfortable and sweaty feet when the weather gets hotter if she wears them at night in the summer months.

My DD's both had growing pains very young and still get them now as teens, I also had them for years and years.

We all have flat feet.DD1 has the flattest ones and also slightly rotated hips. DD2 seems to get the worst pains and often cries. They both wore arches in their shoes but despite taking them to GP about this early on, nothing was done until it's too late and the arches are fully formed and can't be changed with insoles.

It is worth asking for a physio referral because they are excellent at really looking at the whole picture. Then they usually will advise on what else it could be if it's not musculoskeletal

My DD is 16 now and is still occasionally hit by agonising leg pain at night, its not cramp, she's had it since she was tiny - in fact probably since she was around 3 when she would have been able to verbalise it. i don't think its growing pains but in any case it has got better - was horrible when she was waking most nights with it though. BTW she too has problems with her arches so I'd try a podiatrist (we paid privately).

I had this from being tiny as did my mum and gran

Many years on we were all found to be hypermobile coeliacs deficient in B vits and vitamin D as someone else mentioned

Both my kids are also hypermobile coeliacs but have been on these vitamins since toddlers and neither have suffered with the leg pains so I presume it was down to deficiencies in our case

Get a second opinion if you are not happy with the first, always.

Will just be growing pains- all 3 of my children suffered from this - 5 yr old still does - definitely helps if he sleeps with socks on! It's really awful- squealing in pain. Capol and massage helps