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What Causes Painful Legs And Difficulty Walking?

my son ages 15 years having pain in the legs and always struggle for walk and run freely recently went to ortho doctor and a a Dr MD also suggested ASO titre blood test and have done where found 708 positive now we are worried about treatment he is studying in school 11th class . please help and suggest
Thu, 22 Jan 2015
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Dear parents
If your son is having leg pains and his ASO titre is very high then he has got acute thematic fever. It is caused by streptococcal infection of throat. Had he suffered from sore throat around 1 month before leg pains? Does he have palpitations? If yes than it further gives hint for acute rheumatic fever. Please take a visit to physician or cardiologist to assess cardiac involvement. He will require penicillin injections every 21 days and and course of aspirin. His leg pains are mostly temporary and will disappear after treatment.
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What Causes Painful Legs And Difficulty Walking?

Dear parents If your son is having leg pains and his ASO titre is very high then he has got acute thematic fever. It is caused by streptococcal infection of throat. Had he suffered from sore throat around 1 month before leg pains? Does he have palpitations? If yes than it further gives hint for acute rheumatic fever. Please take a visit to physician or cardiologist to assess cardiac involvement. He will require penicillin injections every 21 days and and course of aspirin. His leg pains are mostly temporary and will disappear after treatment.