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health advisory Hospital Health advisory 2007-11-16 3:41:21

My 6 year old daughter began complaining of knee pain a couple days ago. Her knee is just a tiny bit swollen and it looks like she has a very small bruise. She hasn't been doing anything lately to physically hurt her knee, though. She says it hurts the worst in the morning. Debating a visit to the doctor... Could this be something serious?

Answer:

This could be anything varying from a bump to an infection in the joint. Better be safe than sorry and ask the doctor.

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At that age, it could very well be "growing pains". They are real pains that some kids get in their joints when they go through a spurt. I'd wait a few more days before I got worried.

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I would definitely wait a few more days, it could be a various number of things. Like someone else said, just growing pains, I remember getting those when I was about 12 or 13 (I was a bit of a late bloomer). But it also could be somehting else that I'm thinking of. My hips are mis-alligned, and they have caused me to have A LOT of knee problems my whole life. You cant tell my looking at me that they are, but one of them sits about an inch or two higher then the other one. My legs end at the same point though so I don't walk funny hahaha. BUT it does cause your bones to move differently, and can cause a lot of pain in the knee. Apparently its fairly common. If you go to a doctor though, they probably won't even think to check. I didn't find out mine were mis-alligned until I got the cartilage sucked out of my knee that was broken lose from the grinding, and went to physical therapy. I was getting checked out and the woman goes did you know your hips are un-even?

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