My seven year old DD has been complaining about pain in her lower right leg for nearly a month. She described it as feeling like a bruise and she's a very active child on whose skin bruises don't show easily, so I thought it would get better soon. The pain didn't interfere with her activities and she had stopped mentioning it, so I had assumed it had almost cleared up.
Last week the pain got much worse after a strenuous sports session in school, so I took her to the paediatrician. He advised an X ray, but it showed nothing unusual.
Meanwhile, the pain is still bad enough to make her limp. The pain is confined to a three inch wide band about two inches above her ankle. I have another appointment booked with the paediatrician,but in the meantime, does anyone have any idea what it can be and how I can help her? Her health seems fine apart from this.