Question about 'phantom pains'
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| Mon, 06-27-2005 - 4:56pm |
I've heard that some autistic kids have pains that have no apparent physical cause. My son has not been dx but he often has pain in his legs. His doctor could find nothing that was causing it, had a complete metabolic workup done which showed nothing at all wrong, and said it could be growing pains. (He is almost 7 and 38 whole pounds-I wouldn't think hat little bit of growing would hurt, LOL) I generally give him some children's Tylenol if it is really bothering him.
Yesterday he fell and skinned up his knees. When I reached him he was sitting with his knees drawn up and his arms wrapped around them. He still hasn't straightened them out and that was almost 24 hours ago. His knees are scraped and slightly bruised, but nothing serious. His brothers and sisters would have forgotten about it by now. Jeremy is crying in pain off and on and says his whole leg-both of them-from the hip to the foot, are hurting. It seems like the minor injuries have made his usual pains much worse.
Do any of your kids get these pains? And if they do is there anything that you can do to help them? If I sit with him and let him play with my hair that makes him feel better but I can't do that all day. And I'd rather not medicate him every four hours if there's something else I can do.
Thanks in advance for your help.

Edited 4/1/2006 10:34 am ET by littleroses
Is he a highly sensitive child, in terms of sensory issues? If so, he is probably overresponding to normal stimulation with his parietal lobe. The problem is very likely partly due to a combination of the following: 1) an enhanced response neurologically, and 2) his tendency to hyperfocus on these sensations. The stimmming helps him to take his focus away from the pain sensations. That's my interpretation, anyway.
Suzi