What causes leg pain and loss of appetite?
Patient: Hello my I have a 4 year old who keeps complaining her legs are hurting , she has got loss of appetite also , I just read in a magazine that a woman took her son to the doctors because he was complaining of his legs hurting and it turnt out that the little boy had hodgkins lymphoma I'm really worried Doctor: Hi, welcome to HCM. I have read your question and I know that you are very concerned about your child. Most common cause of pain in legs in 4 year old child is hypocalcemia. In my opinion, you should do calcium and phosphate levels and X ray wrist ap view to look for rickets. I don't think that it's a hodgkin lymphoma, however if you want to rule out it, then you should do a complete blood count with peripheral smear. I hope this will help you. Take care.