Suggest Treatment For Swelling In The Knee And Pain

Posted on Mon, 29 Aug 2016

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Question : I fell a week ago Wednesday. I am 69 and my left knee took the brunt of my weight. Knee swelled and that has gone down but there remains discomfort in the form of pain when I push on my knee. Very bad if I try to put weight on it as in getting into bed. Feels like pieces of sharp things under the skin. It is getting less acute each day though.

Answered by Dr. Dr. Naveen Kumar Sharma (47 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
I would suggest you to get x ray of knee joint

Detailed Answer:
Hello,
I have studied your case and I think you are having soft tissue injury of knee joint. I would suggest you following.
1.Avoid squatting, sitting cross leg and using stairs.
2.Do not walk on hard surface.
3.Hot water fomentation and knee cap can be worn.
4.You can get x ray of knee joint in case pain does not improve after 10 days. Some time this can be due to Knee arthritis also.
I hope these steps will be helpful for you. Let me know if you have any other follow up questions. Thanks

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