Treatment: Treatment is aimed at pain control with over-the-counter pain relievers. Anti-inflammatory medications, either over the counter, or by your doctor's prescription, are also quite helpful. Knee bracing can be beneficial for more mobile patients. Injections of hyaluronic acid (viscosupplemen...
The location of the knee pain can vary depending on which structure is involved. With infection or an inflammatory process, the whole knee might be swollen and painful, while atorn meniscusor fracture of a bone gives symptoms only in one specific location. ABaker cystwill usually cause pain in...
Inflammation is your body's response to injury. In treating many types of knee pain, doctors try to break what's called the inflammatory cycle. That cycle starts with an injury. When you're hurt, substances in your body that cause inflammation invade your knee to help with healing. But if...
These pads, found on the inside and outside edges of your knee, can become worn with age or torn after sudden movement. Meniscal injury is one of the most common causes of knee pain for middle-aged people. Bursitis Inflammation of a bursa is known as Bursitis. The bursa is a fluid-...
Pain that doesn't get better with rest Pain that wakes you Drainage of pus or fluid Large wounds Puncture wounds Swelling, if you're on ablood thinner(warfarin or Coumadin) or have a bleeding disorder (like hemophilia) Getting a Knee Pain Diagnosis ...
KNEE painPATIENTSTHERAPEUTICSSynovitis of knee due to unaware incident of splinter piercing is rare in adult. It is a case report of 30-year-old female with the painful knee in flexed attitude and had the swelling. History taking did not reveal any positive...
The kneecap is lined with cartilage which is actually the thickest cartilage in the whole body due to the massive forces that go through it e.g. the force going through the kneecap when coming downstairs is 3.5x body weight. Knee cap painis one of the most common problems associated with...
Bursaeare fluid-filled sacs that provide a gliding surface for adjacent tendons. Tendons attach muscle to the bone around the joint. Injury or disease to any of the structures of the joint can lead to pain in the joint. Joint pain is also referred to as arthralgia. ...
Rheumatoid arthritis pain in the knees is less common and is categorised as a chronic, systemic inflammatory disorder: Chronic = long term Systemic = throughout the body Inflammatory = swelling Rheumatoid arthritis causes inflammation as well as excess fluid in the joints and often leads to destruc...
Knee bursitis: inflammation of the bursae, small fluid-filled sacs located around the joints, usually between a tendon and the bone. Plica syndrome: results from inflammation of the synovial tissue of the knee causing knee pain and swelling. Osgood-Schlatter disease: caused by irritation of the ...