The Relatable Struggle of Always Needing to Go

The flu can cause inability to walk with leg pain, and parents need to know how to handle it. The red flag / emergency could be rhabdomyolysis. ➡️ A serious complication of viral illnesses like the flu. ➡️It’s an immune response to the flu that causes muscle breakdown and release of myoglobin into the bloodstream, which can lead to acute kidney damage 🚨Signs of rhabdo: 🚩 A child that REFUSES TO WALK or complains of leg pain a few days after flu symptoms start 🚩 Severe muscle pain, weakness, o