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Please let me know if there is really such a thing as "growing pains"?
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Yes: There is such a thing as growing pains. Typically in kids under 8...One or both legs can ache form the hip to the toes and occur most commonly at night. Calcarea phosphorica homeopathic remedy helps.
Answered 1/26/2014
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