I'm so scared. | Imamother

amother

Sun, Feb 11 2024, 11:12 am

DC had strep 2 weeks ago. Was on medication. Aprox 4 days in DC started complaining on leg pain mostly at night. The past week was 5 times. Each time different leg. Never both together. Once it was during the day and not in the leg but the knee. I took dc back to the dr last week Monday. Dr took a finger prick cbc and it looked normal.What can possibly be? My mind is racing to the worst.

amother

Maize

Sun, Feb 11 2024, 11:19 am

Culture him again it likely wasn’t strong enough and didn’t get rid of the strep

amother

Whitesmoke

Sun, Feb 11 2024, 11:21 am

My child's random aches were strep

amother

Sun, Feb 11 2024, 11:33 am

amother Whitesmoke wrote:

My child's random aches were strep

He just had strep. Just finished with medication. It started a few days in. Cbc was supposedly perfect. Please read my entire post.
Dr also said he throat looks fine compared when I took dc originally it was awful.

amother

Sun, Feb 11 2024, 11:33 am

ectomorph wrote:

Growing pains?

I don't know. Almost every night?

amother

Grape

Sun, Feb 11 2024, 11:38 am

It's strep again. Could be backside. Culture don't pick everything up. You can do bloodwork. Ask for cefdinir not amoxicillin

amother

Sun, Feb 11 2024, 11:43 am

amother Grape wrote:

It's strep again. Could be backside. Culture don't pick everything up. You can do bloodwork. Ask for cefdinir not amoxicillin

My kids first symptom of strep is exactly this kind of pain. Usually no other symptoms. But could it be strep again or strep that never really went away if the finger cbc was perfect?

amother

Dandelion

Sun, Feb 11 2024, 11:44 am

amother OP wrote:

My kids first symptom of strep is exactly this kind of pain. Usually no other symptoms. But could it be strep again or strep that never really went away if the finger cbc was perfect?

Of course

amother

Cornsilk

Sun, Feb 11 2024, 11:45 am

amother OP wrote:

My kids first symptom of strep is exactly this kind of pain. Usually no other symptoms. But could it be strep again or strep that never really went away if the finger cbc was perfect?

Strep doesn’t show up on a finger prick been there done that

amother

Maize

Sun, Feb 11 2024, 11:45 am

amother OP wrote:

My kids first symptom of strep is exactly this kind of pain. Usually no other symptoms. But could it be strep again or strep that never really went away if the finger cbc was perfect?

Never want away. The medicine masked it but didn’t cure it.

amother

Sun, Feb 11 2024, 11:47 am

amother Dandelion wrote:

Of course

OK. You're writing of course so I guess you know. But I'm thinking, just trying to understand, if the cbc shows perfect numbers, where's the number for strep? Do you understand my question? Like where is the strep? Of course in the throat. But why wouldn’t the cbc show it?

amother

Sun, Feb 11 2024, 11:48 am

amother Cornsilk wrote:

Strep doesn’t show up on a finger prick been there done that

Thanks. I guess we posted simultaneously. Hence my last question.

amother

Cornsilk

Sun, Feb 11 2024, 11:48 am

amother OP wrote:

I’ve had this before. The cbc doesn’t always pick up strep. As per my doc cbc is overused and doesn’t tell us much

amother

Sun, Feb 11 2024, 11:50 am

amother Cornsilk wrote:

I’ve had this before. The cbc doesn’t always pick up strep. As per my doc cbc is overused and doesn’t tell us much

You think so? My dr picked up on infections numerous times with the cbc.

Success10

Sun, Feb 11 2024, 11:50 am

I think growing pains. Can be a few nights in a row. My pediatrician believes leg pains at night are real growing pains, even though many sites might say it's nonsense.

amother

Maroon

Sun, Feb 11 2024, 11:52 am

Has your child ever complained about this before? One of my dc’s would randomly have pain in their legs, I was told it’s growing pains. I also had it as a kid.

amother

Milk

Sun, Feb 11 2024, 11:53 am

CBC only shows the blood count. Ie how many red blood cells, white blood cells, infection fighting cells.
There can be an abnormal cbc with a strep since the white blood cells are fighting the infection, but it is not always the case.
There are different tests that show if there is strep in the blood

amother

Sun, Feb 11 2024, 11:53 am

Success10 wrote:

I think growing pains. Can be a few nights in a row. My pediatrician believes leg pains at night are real growing pains, even though many sites might say it's nonsense.

I have an appointment tomorrow. I guess time will tell. I'm pretty sure dr will order a regular blood test to check for a variety of things. The waiting game is the worst.